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Jagati he mounts yonder world.
e After piling the fire he should not have intercourse with a woman of pleasure, thinking, 'I shall
deposit seed in that which is no womb'; nor after piling for the second time should he have
intercourse with the wife of another [3], nor after piling for a third time should he have intercourse
with any woman whatever. In that he piles the fire, he deposits seed; if he were to have intercourse.
he would be deprived of seed. Or rather they say, 'If he were not to have intercourse, there would be
no offspring.' In that he puts down the two Retahsic (bricks), they support the seed of the sacrificer;
therefore he should have intercourse, for the non-spilling of seed.'
f Three seeds are there, father, son, grandson [4]; if he were to put down two Retahsic (bricks), he
would cleave his seed; three he puts down, for the continuity of seed; the first Retahsic is this
(earth), this (earth) is speech, therefore they see this (earth), they see speech speaking; the second is
the atmosphere, the atmosphere is breath, therefore they see not the atmosphere, nor breath; the
third is yonder (sky), yonder (sky) is the eye, therefore they see yonder (sky), they see the eye. With
a Yajus he sets down this one [5] and yonder one, but with mind only the middle, to arrange these
worlds, and also the breaths.
g 'The sacrifice offered by the Bhrgus, the Vasus, accord our desires; of thee thus offered, enjoyed,
may I here enjoy wealth,' he says; verily he milks thereby the song and the recitation.
h 'Father Matariçvan, bestow flawless abodes; the flawless abodes the Uçijs have made; let Soma,
all knowing, the leader, be leader; let Brhaspati recite hymns and rejoicing,' he says; that is Agni's
hymn, and with it he recites after him.
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a That fire which is kept in the pan is consecrated of fires; if he were to put it down their embryos
would be liable to abortion, and that would be like descending after consecration. He sets it on a
throne, to support and prevent the falling of embryos, and he makes thus a consecration.
b (The fire) in the pan is an embryo, the sling is the womb; if he were to remove the pan from the
sling, he would strike the embryo from the womb; the sling has six ropes; man is sixfold [1], the
body, the head, four limbs; verily in himself he bears it.
c The fire is Prajapati, his breasts are the pan and the mortar; his offspring live on them; in that he
puts down the pan and the mortar, with them the sacrificer milks the fire in yonder world.
d The fire is the year, its bricks are arranged threefold, those of Prajapati, of Visnu [2], of
Viçvakarman; the Prajapati (bricks) are the days and nights; in that he keeps (the fire) in the pan, he
puts down the Prajapati (bricks); in that he takes up the kindling-sticks, and the trees are Visnu's,
verily he puts down the Visnu (bricks); in that he piles the fire with bricks, and Viçvakarman is this
(earth), verily he puts down the Viçvakarman (bricks). Therefore they say, 'Threefold is Agni.'
e This thus should the sacrificer himself pile; if another pile his fire, if he should not prosper him
with sacrificial gifts, he would appropriate his fire; him who piles his fire he should prosper with
sacrificial gifts; verily thus he preserves his fire.
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Prajapati piled the fire as the year by the seasons; by the spring he piled its front half, by the
summer its right wing, by the rains its tail, by the autumn its left wing, by the winter its middle. By
the Brahman class he piled its front half, by the lordly class its right wing, by cattle its tail, by the
people its left wing, by hope its middle. He who knowing thus piles the fire piles it with the
seasons; verily he wins all [1]; they hearken to him who has piled the fire, he eats food, he is
resplendent. The first layer is this (earth), the mortar the plants and trees; the second is the
atmosphere, the mortar the birds; the third is yonder (sky), the mortar the Naksatras; the fourth the
sacrifice, the mortar the sacrificial fee; the fifth the sacrificer, the mortar offspring; if he were to
pile it with three layers, he would obstruct the sacrifice, the fee, the self, offspring; therefore should
it be piled with five layers; verily he preserves all. In that there [2] are three layers, (it is) since Agni
is threefold; in that there are two (more), the sacrificer has two feet, (it is) for support; there are five
layers, man is five fold; verily he preserves himself. There are five layers, he covers (them) with
five (sets of) mortar, these make up ten, man has ten elements; he preserves man in his full extent.
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