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eginning of the sacrifice; in that he pours butter over the gold disk, he smites away the Raksases
from the beginning of the sacrifice. With five (verses) he pours butter; the sacrifice is fivefold;
verily he smites away the Raksases from the whole extent of the sacrifice; he pours butter
transversely; therefore animals move their limbs transversely, for support.
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He puts down the naturally perforated brick; the naturally perforated brick is this (earth); verily he
puts down the (earth). He makes the horse sniff it; verily he bestows breath upon it; now the horse is
connected with Prajapati; verily he piles the fire with Prajapati. The first brick that is put down
obstructs the breath of cattle and of the sacrificer; it is a naturally perforated one, to permit the
breath to pass, and also to reveal the world of heaven. 'In the fire must the fire be piled', they say;
the Brahman [1] is Agni Vaiçvanara, and to him should he hand over the first brick over which a
Yajus has been recited; with the Brahman he should deposit it; verily in the fire he piles the fire.
Now he who ignorantly puts down a brick is liable to experience misfortune. Three boons should he
give, the breaths are three; (verily they serve) to guard the breaths; two only should be given, for the
breaths are two; one only should be given, for the breath is one. The fire is an animal here [2];
animals do not find pleasure in want of grass; a brick of Durva grass he puts down, to support
animals; with two (verses), for support. 'Arising from every stem', he says, for it finds support with
every stem; 'do thou, O Durva, extend us with a thousand, a hundred', he says; Prajapati is
connected with a thousand; (verily it serves) to obtain Prajapati. The fact that it has three lines on it
is a mark of the gods; the gods put it down with the mark uppermost, the Asuras with the mark
undermost [3]; if he desire of a man, 'May he become richer', he should put it down for him mark
uppermost; verily he becomes richer; if he desire of a man, 'May he become worse off', he should
put his down mark undermost; verily he makes him depressed in accordance with its birthplace
among the Asuras, and he becomes worse off. (The brick) has three lines on it; that with three lines
is these worlds; verily he excludes its foe from these worlds. When the Angirases went to the world
of heaven, the sacrificial cake becoming a tortoise crawled after them [4]; in that he puts down a
tortoise, just as one who knows a place leads straight (to it), so the tortoise leads him straight to the
world of heaven. The tortoise is the intelligence of animals; in that he puts down the tortoise,
animals resort there, seeing their own intelligence; in that the heads of the dead animals are
deposited, a burial-ground is made; in that he puts down the living tortoise, he is no maker of a
burial-ground, the tortoise is suitable for a dwelling [5]. 'To the pious the winds honey', (with these
words) he anoints with curds, mixed with honey; verily he makes him ready; curds is a food of the
village, honey of the wild; in that he anoints with curds mixed with honey, (it serves) to win both.
'May the two great ones, heaven and earth', he says; verily with them he encircles him on both sides.
He puts it down to the east,' to attain the world of heaven; he puts it down to the east facing west;
therefore [6] to the east facing west the animals attend the sacrifice. If he piles the fire without a
navel, (the fire) enters the navel of the sacrificer, and is liable to injure him. He puts down the
mortar; this is the navel of the fire; verily he piles the fire with its navel, to avoid injury. (The
mortar) is of Udumbara wood; the Udumbara is strength; verily he wins strength; in the middle he
puts it down; verily in the middle he bestows strength upon him; therefore in the middle men enjoy
strength. So large is it, commensurate with Prajapati, the mouth of the sacrifice. He pounds; verily
he makes food; he puts (it) down with (a verse) addressed to Visnu; the sacrifice is Visnu, the trees
are connected with Visnu; verily in the sacrifice he establishes the sacrifice.
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The pan is the concentrated light of these lights; in that he puts down the pan, verily he wins the
light from these worlds; in the middle he puts (it) down; verily he bestows upon it light; therefore in
the middle we reverence the light; with sand he fills (it); that is the form of Agni Vaiçvanara; verily
by his form he wins Vaiçvanara. If he desire of a man, 'May he become hungry', he should put
down for one (a pan) deficient in size [1]; if he desire of a man, 'May he eat food that fails not', he
should put it down full; verily he eats food that fails not. The man accords a thousand of cattle, the
other animals a thousand; in the middle he puts down the head of the man, to give it strength. In the
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