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he says; the Dhisanas are the sciences; verily he enkindles it with the sciences. 'May the wives thee',
he says; the wives are the metres; verily with the wives he makes it cooked. 'May the protectors, he
says; the protectors are the Hotr's offices; verily with the Hotr's offices he cooks it. 'May the women
thee', he says; the women are the wives of the gods [2]; verily with them he cooks it. With six
(verses) he cooks; the seasons are six; verily with the seasons he cooks it. 'May they cook', he says
twice; therefore twice in the year does the corn ripen. The pan when enkindled is connected with
Varuna; he approaches it with (a verse) addressed to Mitra, for atonement. 'May the god Savitr dig
thee out', he says; verily, instigated by Savitr, he digs it out with holy power and with the deities.
'Breaking not, O earth, fill the regions, the quarters' [3], he says; therefore Agni shines along all the
quarters. 'Arise, become great, stand upright, be thou firm', he says, for support. A bowl that is not
poured upon is connected with the Asuras; he pours upon it; verily he makes it to be with the gods;
with goats' milk he pours upon it; the milk of the goat is the highest form of draught; verily he pours
upon it with the highest draught; (he pours) with a Yajus, for discrimination. He pours with the
metres; with the metres it is made; verily with the metres he pours upon the metres.
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With twenty-one beans he approaches the head of the man; beans are impure, the man's head is
impure; verily by the impure he redeems its impurity and making it pure takes it. There are twentyone;
man is composed of twenty-one parts; (verily they serve) to obtain man. The man's head is
impure as bereft of the breaths; he deposits (it near) an ant-heap pierced in seven places; the breaths
in the head are seven; verily he unites it with the breaths, to make it pure. Of all those [1] that were
comrades of death Yama holds the overlordship; he sings the verses of Yama; verily from Yama he
redeems it; with three he sings; three are these worlds; verily from these worlds he redeems it;
therefore one should not give to one who sings, for the Gatha appropriates it. To the fires he offers
animals; the fires are desires; verily he wins his desires. If he were not to offer the animals, then he
would not obtain animals [2]; if he were to let them go after circumambulation with fire, he would
disturb the sacrifice; if he were to keep them until the conclusion, the heads would be exhausted; in
that he offers the animals, he wins thereby animals; in that he lets them go after circumambulation
with fire, (it serves) to prevent the exhaustion of the heads; he concludes (the rite) with (an animal)
for Prajapati; Prajapati is the sacrifice; verily he concludes the sacrifice in the sacrifice. Prajapati
created offspring, he thought himself empty, he saw these April (verses), with them from the head
[3] he satisfied himself. In that there are these April verses, and Prajapati is the sacrifice, he satisfies
the sacrifice from the beginning with them. They are of unlimited metres; Prajapati is unlimited;
(verily they serve) to obtain Prajapati. The pairs are deficient and redundant, for propagation; hairy
by name is that metre of Prajapati, animals are hairy; verily he wins animals. There are all forms in
these; all forms are made when Agni has to be piled up, therefore these appertain to Agni, to be
piled [4]. Twenty-one kindling-(verses) be repeats; the twenty-onefold (Stoma) is light; verily he
attains light, and a support besides, for the twenty-one fold (Stoma) is support. Twenty-four (verses)
he recites; the year has twenty-four half-months, Agni Vaiçvanara is the year; verily straightway he
wins Vaiçvanara. He recites them straight on, for the world of heaven is as it were going straight
away. 'Let the half-years, the seasons, increase thee, O Agni ', he says; verily with the half-years he
causes Agni to increase [5], with the seasons the year. 'Illuminate all the quarters of the earth', he
says; therefore Agni illuminates all the quarters. 'The Açvins removed death from him', he says;
verily from him he repels death. 'We from the darkness', he says; the darkness is the evil one; verily
from him he smites away the evil one. 'We have come to the highest light', he says; the highest light
is yonder sun; verily he attains unity with the sun. The year lags not, his future fails not, for whom
these are performed. The last he recites with the word 'light' in it; verily he bestows on him light
above, to reveal the world of heaven.
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With six (verses) he consecrates; the seasons are six; verily he consecrates him with the seasons.
With seven he consecrates; the metres are seven; verily he consecrates him with the metres. 'Let
every man of the god that leads', with the final Anustubh he offers; the Anustubh is speech;
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