Another chapter whereby air is given.
I am the Jackal of jackals, I am Shu, who convey breezes, in
presence of the Glorious one(1), to the ends of the sky, to the ends
of the earth, to the ends of the filaments of Cloud(2).
I give air to those Younglings as I open my mouth and gaze
with my two eyes.
Notes.
1.
The Glorious one. This is the most usual reading. Pa has Râ.
2.
Filaments of Cloud. Cloud is the sense, not the translation of
110, or, as it is also written, , which is the
name of some tree or shrub which has not been identified. The
filaments or , which are among its characteristics, point
in this context to the long fibrous forms presented by the cirrus
cloud.
