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O All-gods, sit ye with the sacrificer.
e With the strew, the encircling- stick,
The offering-ladle, the altar, the grass (barhis),
With the Rc, bear this sacrifice for us
To go to the heaven to the gods.
f What is offered, what is handed over,
What is given, the sacrificial fee,
That [2] may Agni Vaiçvanara
Place in the sky among the gods for us.
g That by which thou bearest a thousand,
Thou, O Agni, all wealth,
By that (path) do thou bear the sacrifice of ours,
To go to the gods in heaven.
h By that (path) by which, O Agni, the priests, busy,
Bear the fees, the sacrifice,
By that do thou bear this sacrifice of ours,
To go to the gods in heaven.
i By that (path) by which, O Agni, the doers of good deeds,
Obtain the streams of honey,
By that do thou bear this sacrifice of ours,
To go to the gods in heaven.
k Where are the streams that fail not
Of honey and of ghee,
May Agni Vaiçvanara place us
In heaven among the gods.
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a Thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, thine abodes,
Thy tongues, O all-knower, thy light,
Thy cracklings, thy drops,
With these pile thyself, well knowing.
The fire is an extended sacrifice; what of it is performed, what not? What the Adhvaryu in piling the
fire omits, that of himself he omits. 'Thy kindling-sticks, O Agni, thine [1] abodes', he says; this is
the self piling of the fire; verily the fire piles the fire, the Adhvaryu omits nothing from himself.
b To the four quarters let the fires advance;
May he bear this sacrifice for us, well knowing;
Making rich the ghee, immortal, full of heroes,
The holy power is the kindling-stick of the libations.
The tortoise is put down for the world of heaven; 'To the four quarters let the fires advance', he says
[2]; verily by it he recognizes the quarters; 'May he bear this sacrifice for us, well knowing', he says,
for guidance to the world of heaven; 'The holy power is the kindling-stick of the libations', he says.
By means of the holy power the gods went to the world of heaven; in that he puts down (the
tortoise) with (a verse) containing the word 'holy power', by the holy power the sacrificer goes to
the world of heaven.
c The fire is Prajapati here; cattle are the offspring; the form the metres; all colours of bricks should
he make; verily by the form he wins offspring, cattle, the metres; verily also he piles it winning it
for offspring, cattle, the metres.
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a In me I take first Agni,
For increase of wealth, for good offspring with noble heroes;
Keith: Taittiriya-Samhita, Translation - Page 261 of 341