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1. Agni, when kindled, spreads lustre though the firmament, and shines widely in the presence of the dawn: Visvavara, facing the east, glorifying the gods with praises, and bearing the ladle  with the oblation, proceeds (to the sacred fire).

            Bearing the ladle with the oblation- Havsa ghrtaci is explained by the Scholiast purodasadilaksanena yuktaya ghrtacya sruca sahita, with the ladle of ghi connected with the cakes and other articles of the oblation: the whole passage is remarkable, whether this explanation be admitted or not, as it leaves no doubt that a female is described as discharging the· offices of a priest worshipping the gods at dawn with hymns and oblations: besides Visvavara being feminine, the epithets praciilana ghrtaci are of the same gender: the term is explained, the repeller of all enemies of the nature of sin, sarvam api paparupam satrum varayitri: we have no further clue to her history than that she is an Atreyi, of the race of Atri.

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2.              When about to be kindled, Agni, you rule over ambrosial (water): you are present with the offerer of the oblation for his welfare: he to whom you repair acquires universal wealth; he places before you, Agni the dues of hospitality.

3836.    ìÐpu… ðpR"êñ X"`…O"u _"pvW"]BppY"… O"\"] üs£X"npSY"s]OO"…X"p{S"] _"SO"s $
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3.Repress, Agni, (our foes to ensure our) exceeding prosperity: may your riches ever be excellent: preserve in concord the relation of man and wife, and overpower the energies of the hostile. 

            Preserve in concord the relation of man and wife--- Sam jaspatyam suyamam kurusva, make perfect the well-connected duty of wife and husband, an appropriate prayer for a female, Yajurveda, 33.12.

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4. I praise the glory, Agni, of you when kindled and blazing fiercely: you are the affluent showerer (of benefits), you are fitly lighted at sacrifices.

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5. Agni, who are kindled and invoked, worship the gods at the holy rite, for you are the bearer of the oblation.

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6. Offer worship and adoration to Agni when the sacrifice is solemnized: select the bearer of the oblation to the gods.

            Select the bearer of the oblation to the Gods- According to the Taittiriya, there are three kinds of sacrificial fire: the havyavahana, which receives the oblation intended for the gods; the kavyavahana, that intended for the Pitara; and the Saharaksas, that intended for the Asuras: the worshipper is therefore directed on this occasion to select the first.