अरण्योर्निहितो जातवेदा गर्भ इव सुभृतो गर्भिणीभिः । दिवे दिवे ईड्यो जागृवद्भिर्हविष्मद्भिर्मनुष्येभिरग्निः । एतद्वै तत् ॥ ८॥

araṇyornihito jātavedā garbha iva subhṛto garbhiṇībhiḥ । dive dive īḍyo jāgṛvadbhirhaviṣmadbhirmanuṣyebhiragniḥ । etadvai tat ॥ 8॥

jāta-vedāḥ = Agni, the omniscient one; nihitaḥ = is hidden; araṇyoḥ = in the two fire-sticks; subhṛtaḥ = well-protected; garbha iva = like a foetus; garbhiṇībhiḥ = by pregnant women; agniḥ = that Agni; īḍyaḥ = is worthy of adoration or contemplation; dive dive = every day; manuṣyebhiḥ = by those human beings; jāgṛvadbhiḥ = who are awake, vigilant, mindful, aware; haviṣmadbhiḥ = through oblations or contemplation; etad vai tat = this is indeed That.