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and having performed the rites down to the Vyâhriti oblations (&c., as above, chap. 18, 3–7).
10. With the two (verses), 'From joint to joint,' •Thou who with a hundred' (Taitt. Samh. IV, 2, 9, 2) they plant Dårvå grass at the shore of the water.
II. They stir up waves in the water and run a race in an easterly or northerly direction until they lose their breath.
12. When they have returned (from that race? or when they have returned from the whole ceremony to the village ?) they offer cakes, coarsely ground grain, and boiled rice to the Brâhmanas.
13. The same (rites are repeated) when they have finished the study of the whole Veda, with the exception of the planting of Darvâ grass, of (stirring up) the water, and of the race.
14. Thus they satiate daily (after the Brahmayagña) the gods, the Rishis, and the Fathers with water; they satiate them with water.
End of the Hiranyakesi-sætra.
and that of chap. 18, 3-7 : instead of hutvà trîn adito s nuvâkân adhiyate (18, 4) we read here, hutvå prathamenânuvâkenâdhîyate, which I believe must be translated, Having sacrificed with the first Anuvâka, they recite (that Anuvâka)' Måtridatta says, hutva prathamottamânuvâkam adhîyate.
13. See Sätras 10 and 11.
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