1. Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby he
joins all joints with breath.
2. Next follow the neck verses. They recite them as Ushnih,
according to their metre.
3. Next comes (again) the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and
thereby he joins all joints with breath.
4. Next follows the head. That is in Gâyatrî verses. The Gâyatrî
is the beginning of all metres; the head the first of all members. It
is in Arkavat verses (Rv. I, 7, 1-9). Arka is Agni. They are nine
verses. The head consists of nine pieces. He recites the tenth verse,
and that is the skin and the hairs on the head. It serves for reciting
one verse more than (the nine verses contained in) the Stoma. These
form the Trivrit Stoma and the Gâyatrî metre, and whatever there
exists, all this is produced after the production of this Stoma and
this metre. Therefore the recitation of these head-hymns serves for
production.
5. He who knows this, gets offspring and cattle.
6. Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Verily, Sûdadohas is breath, and
thereby he joins all joints With breath.
7. Next follow the vertebrae (of the bird). These verses are Virâg
(shining). Therefore man says to man, “Thou shinest above us;” or to a
stiff and proud man, “Thou carriest thy neck stiff.” Or because the
(vertebrae of the neck) run close together, they are taken to be the
best food. For Virâg is food, and food is strength.
8. Next comes the Sûdadohas verse. Sûdadohas is breath, and thereby
he joins all joints with breath.
