He offers to the kindling-sticks; thus he wins spring among the seasons. He offers to Tanunapat; thus he wins the hot season. He offers to the oblations; thus he wins the rains. He offers to the sacrificial strew; thus he wins autumn. He offers with the cry of "Hail!"; thus he wins the winter. He offers to the kindling-sticks; thus he wins the dawns. He offers to Tanunapat; thus he wins the sacrifice. He offers to the oblations; thus he wins cattle. He offers to the sacrificial strew; thus he wins offspring. He takes the oblation from the Upabhrit. The oblation is brilliance, the sacrificial strew offspring; thus he places brilliance in offspring. He offers with the cry of "Hail!"; thus he wins speech. They make up ten, the Viraj has ten syllables, the Viraj is food; thus he wins food by the Viraj. He offers to the kindling-sticks; thus he finds support in this world. He offers to Tanunapat; thus in the sacrifice and in the atmosphere he finds support. He offers to the oblations; thus in cattle he finds support. He offers to the sacrificial strew; thus he finds support in the paths that lead to God. He offers with the cry of "Hail!"; thus he finds support in the world of heaven. So many are the worlds of the angels; in them in order he finds support. The angels and the rejecters contended as to these worlds. The angels by the fore-sacrifices drove the rejecters away from these worlds; that is why the fore-sacrifices are so called. One for whom, knowing thus, the fore-sacrifices are offered drives his enemy away from these worlds. He offers stepping near, for conquest. One who knows the pairing of the fore-sacrifices is propagated with offspring, with cattle, with pairings. He offers to the kindling-sticks as many, to Tanunapat as one, and that makes a pair. He offers to the kindling-sticks as many, to the sacrificial strew as one, and that makes a pair. That is the pairing of the fore-sacrifices. One who knows thus is propagated with offspring, with cattle, with pairings. These objects were not sacrificed to by the angels; then the rejecters were fain to harm the sacrifice. The angels divided the Gayatri, five syllables in front and three behind. Then the sacrifice was protected, and the sacrificer. In that the fore- and after-sacrifices are offered, protection is afforded to the sacrifice and to the sacrificer, for the overcoming of the enemy. Therefore a covering is larger in front and smaller behind. Having offered the fore-sacrifices he sprinkles the oblations, for the continuity of the sacrifice; then he makes the oblation, and then he proceeds in order. The fore-sacrifices are the father, the after-sacrifices the son; in that, having offered the fore-sacrifices, he sprinkles the oblations, the father makes common property with the son. That which spills when the fore-sacrifices are offered is not really spilt. The Gayatri conceives through it, and produces offspring and cattle for the sacrificer.