78 
THE COSMOGOIfY 
aerial space : to what god shall we offer our oblation ? (6) To 
whom heaven and earth, sustained by his succour, looked 
up, trembling in mind ; over whom the sun shines : to what 
god shall we offer our oblation ? (7) When the great waters 
pervaded the universe, containing an embryo and generating 
fire, thence arose the one spirit (asu) of the gods : to what 
god shall we offer our oblation ? (8) He who through 
his greatness beheld the waters which contained power, and 
generated sacrifice, who was the one god above gods : to what 
god shall we offer oui- oblation ? (9) May he not injure us,, 
he who is the generator of the earth, who ruling by fixed 
ordinances produced the heavens, who formed the great and 
brilliant waters : to what god shall we offer our oblation ? 
(10) Prajapati, no other than thou is lord over all these- 
created things ; may we obtain that, through desire of which 
we have invoked thee ; may we become masters of riches " * 
(E.V.. X. 121). 
Max Miiller says respecting this hymn, that "the idea 
of one god is expressed with such power and decision, that it 
^ ?^5?R '^rMi ?Ji3^m ^ ^^i^ ^mr i%Vt w \ \\ 
^m^^ 'TFT ^rg: fmt f^m w \ w 
q ffl* fl:'?^^^'^'^^: ^^"^ ^T^'^t II ^ II 
mm iltT^i ^\^^\ q^ ^^if : I 
qmi: 5Tf^^TT ^ ^If^ ^ f II « II 
