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what rays of his there are, they are the All-gods : therefore he draws it with the Sukra cup.
27. He draws it from that (Soma in the Dronakalasa) with (Våg. S. VII, 33; Rig-veda I, 3, 7), Ye protectors and supporters of men, O All-gods, come hither, ye givers, to the giver's liquor!Thou art taken with a support: thee to the All-gods!' with “This is thy womb: thee to the All-gods!'he deposits it?, for it is for the Allgods that he draws it.
SECOND BRÂHMANA. 1. Now truly when the Hotri praises (recites the sastra ?), he sings, and to him thus singing the
· Viz. in the place of the Sukra cup, on the south-east corner of the khara or mound.
. Every chant or hymn (stotra) of the Udgâtris is followed by a song of praise' (sastra) recited by the Hotri or one of his three assistants (Maiträvaruna, Brâhmanâkhamsin, and Akhâvâka); the first two sastras at each savana being recited by the Hotri, and the three additional ones at the morning and midday feast by his assistants (Hotrakas). The exact correlation between the stotras and sastras at the three savanas will appear from the following table :
I. Prâtah-savana 1. Bahish-pavamâna-stotra. 1. Âgya-sastra (Hotri). Agya-stotra
2. Praüga-sastra (Hour 1). dhuryas.
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II. Madhyandina-savana. 6. Madhyandina-pavamâna- 6. Marutvatîya-sastra (Hotri).
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7. Nishkevalya-sastra (Hotri). dhuryas.
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