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helper, &c.
Ye are the raw-flesh eaters by name, of the earth; your houses are bore [4]; your
arrows are food; winking is the name of the wind; to you homage; be ye gentle to us;
him whom we hate and who hateth us I put in your jaws.
d Some gods eat the offerings, others do not; verily the piler of the fire delights both sets. He offers
these libations with curds mixed with honey; verily he delights them with their proper portion. Or
rather they say, 'The gods who eat not the oblations are the bricks' [5]. He offers going round in
order; verily he delights them completely.
e Suck this mighty breast of the waters,
Filled in the midst of the flood, O Agni;
Rejoice in the spring of sweetness, O ocean,
Enter thy seat of the sea.
f If one having yoked the fire does not set it free, then just as a horse yoked and not set free in
hunger is overcome, so his fire is overcome, and with it being overcome the sacrificer is overcome;
he having piled the fire becomes aheat [6]; 'Suck this mighty breast of the waters', (with these
words) he offers a ladle full of butter; this is the freeing of the fire; verily setting it free he gives it
food. Therefore they say, both he who knows and he who knows not. 'A horse well loaded carries
well'; the horse is Agni; verily he delights him, he delighted delights him; he becomes richer.
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The Horse Sacrifce (continued)
To Indra, the king, a boar; to Varuna, the king, a black (antelope); to Yama, the king, a deer; to the
bull, the king, a Gayal; to the tiger, the king, a Bos Gavaeus; to the king of men a monkey; for the
swift falcon a quail; for the Nilangu (snake) a worm; for Soma, the king, a gazelle; for the ocean a
crocodile; for the snowy mountain an elephant.
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The ape is for Prajapati; the owl, the Haliksna the cat, are for Dhatr; to Sarasvati the white starling,
of human speech; the wild goat, the ichneumon, the Çaka, these are for Pusan; the curlew to speech.
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To the offspring of waters a fish; the crocodile, the dolphin, the Kulikaya are for the ocean; to
speech the Paingaraja; to Bhaga the sea-crow; the swan, the Vahasa, the woodpecker, these are for
Vayu; to the quarters the Cakravaka.
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To might, a boa-constrictor; the mole, the Srjaya, the lizard, these are for Mitra; to death the dark
(serpent); to wrath the viper; the pot-nosed, the lotus-sitter, the copper snake, these are for Tvastr; to
the echo the Vahasa.
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The human beast to the moon; the lizard, the Kalaka, the woodpecker, these are for the trees; the
dappled (deer) to day; the black (antelope) to night; the cuckoo, the Ksvinka, the black-headed,
these are (to be offered) to Aryaman; the crab for Dhatr.
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