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and Vayu is connected with the Rathantara (Saman), the fifth day is connected with the Rathantara,
and therefore on the fifth day [2] (the cup) for Indra and Vayu is drawn; verily he draws it in its
own abode. The Çukra is connected with the Brhati, the sixth day is connected with the Brhati, and
therefore on the sixth day the Çukra is drawn; verily he draws it in its own abode. In that it
completes the metres, it completes for the second time the sacrifice; in that the Çukra is drawn on
the next day, where they have seen the sacrifice, thence does he again employ it. The third three
nights begin with the Tristubh, the Çukra is connected with the Tristubh [3]; in that the Çukra is
drawn on its seventh day, he draws it in its own abode, and they revolve round their own metre. The
Agrayana, is speech, the eighth day is speech, and therefore on the eighth day the Agrayana is
drawn; verily he draws it in its own abode. (The cup) for Indra and Vayu is breath, the ninth day is
breath, and therefore on the ninth day (the cup) for Indra and Vayu. is drawn; verily he draws it in
its own abode. In that [4] it completes the metres, it completes for the third time the sacrifice; in that
(the cup) for Indra and Vayu is drawn on the next day, where they have seen the sacrifice, thence
does he again employ it, and they revolve round their own metre. They go by a trackless way
leaving the path who start with anything except (the cup) for Indra and Vayu. The tenth day is the
end of the sacrifice, (the cup) for Indra and Vayu is drawn on the tenth day; verily having reached
the end of the sacrifice [5], they proceed from the trackless way to the path, and it is as when men
go pushing on with a strong (team). The metres set their wishes on one another's world, and the
gods then interchanged them. The fourth day is the abode of (the cup) for Indra and Vayu, the
Agrayana is drawn on this (day); therefore (the cup) for Indra and Vayu is drawn on the ninth day,
the abode of the Agrayana. The fifth day is the abode of the Çukra [6], (the cup) for Indra and Vayu
is drawn on this (day); therefore the Çukra is drawn on the seventh day, the abode of (the cup) for
Indra and Vayu. The sixth day is the abode of the Agrayana, the Çukra is drawn on this (day);
therefore the Agrayana is drawn on the eighth day, the abode of the Çukra. Verily thus does he
exchange the metres, and he who knows thus obtains interchange with the richer; verily also he
causes concord in the sacrifice for the gods. Therefore one gives this to another.
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Prajapati desired, 'May I be propagated.' He saw this (rite) of twelve nights; he grasped it, and
sacrificed with it. Then indeed was he propagated. He who desires, 'May I be propagated', should
sacrifice with (the rite) of twelve nights; verily he is propagated. The theologians say, 'The
sacrifices have Agnistomas at the beginning; why then is Atiratra first employed?' The two Atiratras
are the eyes of the sacrifice, the two Agnistomas the pupils; if [1] they were to employ the
Agnistoma first, they would put the pupils outside; therefore the Atiratra is employed first; verily
having inserted the eyes of the sacrifice they put the pupils in them. He, who knows the Gayatri to
have sides of light, goes to the world of heaven with light and radiance. The sides are the
Agnistomas, the eight Ukthyas in between are the body; verily the Gayatri has sides of light. He
who knows thus goes to the world of heaven with light and radiance [2]. The twelve nights' (rite) is
Prajapati in twelve divisions. The two sides are the Atiratras, the eight Ukthyas within are the body;
Prajapati in such guise touches truth with the Sattra, truth is the breaths; verily he touches the
breaths. Those who perform the Sattra perform it with the breath of all people, and therefore they
ask, 'Are these performers of a Sattra?' Dear to people and noble is he who knows thus.
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This (rite) with a Vaiçvanara on one side (only) was not able to win the world of heaven; it was
stretched upwards and the gods piled round this Vaiçvanara, to overcome the world of heaven. The
seasons made Prajapati sacrifice with it, and in them because of it he prospered. He prospers among
the priests who knowing thus sacrifices with (the rite) of twelve days. They were desirous of
obtaining (their desires) from him. He gave to the spring the sap [1], to the hot season barley, to the
rains plants, to autumn rice, beans and sesamum to winter and the cool season. Prajapati made Indra
sacrifice with it. Then indeed did Indra become Indra; therefore they say, 'It is the sacrifice of the
inferior', for he by it first sacrificed. He eats a corpse who accepts a present at a Sattra; a human
corpse or the corpse of a horse. Food is the cow; in that he does not purify the vessel in which they
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