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it; in that be takes up the kindling-stick with the verse, the piler-up of the fire milks the fire. 'Seven
are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, seven tongues'; verily he delights seven sevens of his. With a full
(ladle) he offers, for Prajapati is as it were full, to obtain Prajapati [5]. He offers with a half-filled
(ladle), for from the half-filled Prajapati created creatures, for the creation of offspring. Agni
departed from the gods; he entered the quarters; he who sacrifices should think in his mind of the
quarters; verily from the quarters he wins him; with curds he offers at first, with butter afterwards;
verily he bestows upon him brilliance and power in accord. There is (an offering) to Vaiçvanara on
twelve potsherds; the year has twelve months, Agni Vaiçvanara is the year; verily straightway [6]
he wins Vaiçvanara. If he were to offer the fore- and after-sacrifices, there would be a bursting of
the sacrifice; he offers an oblation with a ladle, for the support of the sacrifice. Vaiçvanara is the
kingly power, the Maruts the people; having offered the offering to Vaiçvanara, he offers those to
the Maruts; verily he attaches the people to the kingly power. He utters aloud (the direction to the
Agnidh) for Vaiçvanara, he offers the offerings of the Maruts muttering; therefore the kingly power
speaks above the people. (The offerings) are for the Maruts; the people of the gods are the Maruts;
verily he wins for him by the people of the gods the people among men. There are seven; the
Maruts are in seven troops; verily in troops he wins the people for him; running over troop by troop
he offers; verily he makes the people obedient to him.
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He offers the stream of wealth; 'May a stream of wealth be mine', (with this hope) is the offering
made; this stream of ghee waits upon him in yonder world, swelling up. He offers with butter;
butter is brilliance, the stream of wealth is brilliance; verily by brilliance he wins brilliance for him.
Again the stream of wealth is desires; verily he wins desires. If he desire of a man, 'May I separate
his breaths and his eating of food' [1], he should offer separately for him; verily he separates his
breaths and his eating of food; if he desire of a man, 'May I continue his breaths and his eating of
food', he should offer for him in a continuous stream; verily he continues his breaths and his eating
of food. Twelve sets of twelve he offers; the year has twelve months; verily by the year he wins
food for him. 'May for me food, for me freedom from hunger', he says; that [2] is the form of food;
verily he wins food. 'May for me fire, for me the waters', be says; this is the birthplace of food;
verily he wins food with its birthplace. He offers those where Indra, is half; verily he wins the
deities; since Indra is half of all and a match, therefore Indra is the most appropriating of gods; he
says Indra later; verily he places strength in him at the top. He offers the weapons of the sacrifice;
the weapons of the sacrifice are the sacrifice [3]; verily he wins the sacrifice. Again this is the form
of the sacrifice; verily he wins the sacrifice by its form. 'May for me the final bath and the cry of
Godspeed!' he says, to utter Godspeed! 'May the fire for me, the cauldron', he says; that is the form
of splendour; verily by the form he wins splendour. 'May the Rc for me, the Saman', he says [4];
that is the form of the metres; verily by the form he wins the metres. 'May the embryo for me, the
calves', he says; that is the form of cattle; verily by the form he wins cattle. He offers the orderers,
to order the disordered. He offers the even and the odd, for pairing; they are in ascending ratio, for
ascent. 'May one for me, three', he says; one and three are the metres of the gods [51, four and eight
the metres of men; verily he wins both the metres of gods and men. Up to thirty-three he offers; the
gods are three and thirty; verily he wins the gods; up to forty-eight he offers, the Jagati has forty
eight syllables, cattle are connected with the Jagati: verily by the Jagati he wins cattle for him.
'Strength, instigation', (with these words) he offers a set of twelve; the year has twelve months;
verily he finds support in the year.
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Agni departed from the gods, desiring a portion; the gods said to him, 'come back to us, carry the
oblation for us.' He said, 'Let me choose a born; let them offer to me the Vajaprasaviya'; therefore to
Agni they offer the Vajaprasaviya. In that he offers the Vajaprasaviya, he unites Agni with his own
portion; verily also this is his consecration. He offers with fourteen (verses); there are seven
domesticated, seven wild [ 1] animals; (verily it serves) to win both sets. He offers of every kind of
food, to win every kind of food. He offers with an offering-spoon of Udumbara wood; the
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