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pan he puts (it) down; verily he makes it attain support; the head of the man is impure as devoid of
breaths; the breaths are immortality [2], gold is immortality; on the (organs of the) breaths he hurls
chips of gold; verily he makes it attain support, and unites it with the breaths. He fills (it) with curds
mixed with honey, (saying) 'May I be fit to drink honey'; (he fills with curds) to be curdled with hot
milk, for purity. The curds are the food of the village, honey of the wild; in that he fills (it) with
curds mixed with honey, (it serves) to win both. He puts down the heads of the animals; the heads
of the animals are cattle; verily he wins cattle. If he desire of a man, 'May he have no cattle'[3], he
should put them down, looking away, for him; verily he makes cattle look away from him; he
becomes without cattle. If he desire of a man, 'May he be rich in cattle', he should put (them) down
looking with (the man's head); verily he makes the cattle look with him; he becomes rich in cattle.
He puts (the head) of the horse in the east looking west, that of the bull in the west looking east; the
beasts other than the oxen and the horses are not beasts at all; verily he makes the oxen and the
horses look with him. So many are the animals [4], bipeds and quadrupeds; them indeed he puts
down in the fire, in that he puts down the heads of the animals. 'I appoint for thee N.N. of the
forest', he says; verily from the cattle of the village he sends pain to those of the wild; therefore of
animals born at one time the animals of the wild are the smaller, for they are afflicted with pain. He
puts down the head of a snake; verily he wins the brilliance that is in the snake [5]. If he were to put
it down looking with the heads of the animals, (the snakes) would bite the animals of the village; if
turned away, those of the wild; he should speak a Yajus, he wins the brilliance that is in the snake,
he injures not the animals of the village, nor those of the wild. Or rather should it be put down; in
that he puts down, thereby he wins the brilliance that is in the serpent; in that he utters a Yajus,
thereby is it appeased.
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The First Layer of Bricks
The fire is an animal, now the birthplace of the animal is changed in that before the putting up of
the bricks the Yajus is performed. The water bricks are seed; be puts down the water bricks; verily
he places seed in the womb. Five he puts down (on the east) cattle are fivefold; verily he produces
cattle for him; five on the south, the water bricks are the thunderbolt; verily with the thunderbolt he
smites away the Raksases from the south of the sacrifice; five he puts down on the west [1],
pointing east; seed is impregnated in front from behind; verily from behind he deposits seed for him
in front. Five he puts down on the east, pointing west; five on the west pointing east; therefore seed
is impregnated in front, offspring are born at the back. On the north he puts down five metre bricks;
the metre bricks are cattle; verily he brings cattle on birth to his own dwelling. This (earth) was
afraid of excessive burning by the fire; she saw these [2] water bricks, she put them down, then (the
fire) did not burn her excessively; in that he puts down the water bricks, (it is) to avoid excessive
burning. She said, 'He shall eat food with holy power, for whom these shall be put down, and he
who shall know them thus.' He puts down the breath-supporting (bricks); verily he places the
breaths in the seed; therefore an animal is born with speech, breath, sight, and bearing. 'This one in
front [3], the existent'; (with these words) he puts down on the east; verily with these he supports
breath. 'This one on the right, the all-worker', (with these words he puts down) on the south; verily
with these he supports mind. 'This one behind, the all-extending', (with these words he puts down)
on the west; verily with these he supports sight. 'This one on the left, the light', (with these words he
puts down) on the north; verily with these he supports hearing. 'This one above, thought', (with
these words he puts down) above; verily with these he supports speech. Ten by ten he puts (them)
down, to give strength. Transversely [4] he puts (them) down; therefore transversely do animals
move their limbs, for support. With those (put down) on the east Vasistha prospered, with those on
the south Bharadvaja, with those on the west Viçvamitra, with those on the north Jamadagni, with
those above Viçvakarman. He who knows thus the prosperity in these (bricks) prospers; he who
knows thus their relationship becomes rich in relations; he who knows thus their ordering, (things)
go orderly [5] for him; he who knows thus their abode becomes possessed of an abode; he who
knows thus their support becomes possessed of support. Having put down the breath-supporters he
puts down the unifying (bricks); verily having deposited in him the breaths he unifies them with the
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