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I PRASNA, 2 PATALA, 7 SECTION, 3.
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• Bhůs! Tat Savitur varexyam (That adorable
splendour)• Bhuvo! Bhargo devasya dhimahi (of the divine
Savitri may we obtain)Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakodayât (who should
rouse our prayers). • Bhar bhuvas! Tat Savitur varenyam bhargo
devasya dhimahi"Suvar! Dhiyo yo nah prakodayât.Bhûr bhuvah suvas! Tat Savitur . . . prakoda
yât.'
Patala 2, SECTION 7.
1. He then causes (the student) to put on the fire seven pieces of fresh Paläsa wood, with unbroken tops, of one span's length, which have been anointed with ghee.
2. One (of these pieces of wood he puts on the fire) with (the Mantra), ·To Agni I have brought a piece of wood, to the great Gâtavedas. As thou art inflamed, Agni, through that piece of wood, thus inflame me through wisdom, insight, offspring, cattle, holy lustre, and through the enjoyment of food. Svâhâ !'
3. (Then he puts on the fire) two (pieces of wood with the same Mantra, using the dual instead of the
7, 1 seq. Comp. Âsvalâyana I, 21, 1; Sânkhayana II, 10, &c. "The putting of fuel on the fire, and what follows after it, form a part of the chief ceremony, not of the recitation of the Savitri. Therefore in the case of one who has not yet been initiated (see I, 2, 6, 7), it ought to be performed immediately after the student) has been given in charge to the gods and demons; I, 2, 6, 5).' Mátridatta.
2. Paraskara II, 4, 3.
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