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Again the Viraj has ten elements, the Viraj is food; verily he finds support in the Viraj and the
eating of food. The sixth layer is the year, mortar is the seasons; there are six layers, six (sets of)
mortar, they make up twelve, the year has twelve months; verily he finds support in the year.
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The Horse Sacrifice (continued)
The red, the dark red, the jujube red, these are for Prajapati; the brown, the reddish-brown, the
parrot brown, these are for Rudra. The white, the white-eyed, the white-necked, these have the
fathers as their deities. Three black barren cows are for Varuna, three white barren cows for the
Sun; the dusky-spotted hornless ones are for Mitra and Brhaspati.
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The dappled, the one with cross-lines dappled, the one with dappled marks running up, these are for
the Maruts; the bright, the ruddy woolled, the white, are for Sarasvati; the piebald, the grey piebald,
the slightly piebald, these are for the All-gods; three dark barren cows are for Pusan, three ruddy
barren cows for Mitra; the red-spotted hornless ones are for Indra and Brhaspati.
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The white limbed, the one with white limbs on one side the one with white limbs on both sides,
these are for Indra and Vayu; the one with white ear-holes, that with one white ear-hole, the one
with both white ear-holes, they are for Mitra and Varuna; the one with a pure tail, the one with a
completely pure tail, the one with a tail in lumps, these are for the Açvins; three barren cows of
varied colours are for the All-gods, three white for the supreme lord; the white-spotted hornless
ones are for Soma and Pusan.
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The humped, the bull, the dwarf (animal), these are for Indra and Varuna; the one with white hump,
the white-backed, the white-rumped, these are for Indra and Brhaspati; the white-footed, the whitelipped,
the white-browed, these are for Indra and Visnu; the three white-flecked barren cows are for
Viçvakarman; the three with piebald bellies are (to be offered) to Dhatr; the white-spotted hornless
ones are for Indra and Pusan.
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Three long-eared ones are for Yama; three white-footed for Soma; three ichneumons are (to be
offered) to Agni, the youngest; three ruddy eighteen-month-old (sheep), these are for the Vasus;
three red gallinules, these are for the Rudras; the brown-spotted hornless ones are for Soma and
Indra.
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Three small-eared are for Visnu; three with red-tipped ears are (to be offered) to Visnu, the wide
strider; three with dewlaps are (to be offered) to Visnu, the wide goer; three of two and a half years
old are for the Adityas; three of three years old are for the Angirases; the yellow spotted hornless
ones are for Indra and Visnu.
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To Indra, the king, are (to be offered) three white-backed; to Indra, the overlord, three with white
humps; to Indra, the self-ruler, three with white buttocks; three four-year-old (cows) are for the
Sadhyas; three draught cows are for the All-gods; the black-spotted hornless ones are for Agni and
Indra.
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