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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
becoming my pupil.' And so, indeed, he taught him that taking up of the two spoons as we have here explained it: hence one ought only to make one who knows this his Adhvaryu, and not one who does not know it.
THIRD BRÂHMANA.
The MITRAVINDA SACRIFICE. 1. Pragapati was becoming heated (by fervid devotion), whilst creating living beings. From him, worn out and heated, Sri(Fortune and Beauty) came forth. She stood there resplendent, shining, and trembling? The gods, beholding her thus resplendent, shining, and trembling, set their minds upon her.
2. They said to Pragậpati, 'Let us kill her and take (all) this from her. He said, 'Surely, that Sri is a woman, and people do not kill a woman, but rather take (anything) from her (leaving her) alive.'
3. Agni then took her food, Soma her royal power, Varuna her universal sovereignty, Mitra her noble rank, Indra her power, Brihaspati her holy lustre, Savitri her dominion, Pashan her wealth, Sarasvati her prosperity, and Tvashtri her beautiful forms.
4. She said to Pragậpati, Surely, they have taken (all) this from me!' He said, 'Do thou ask it back from them by sacrifice!'
That is, gods, men, &c., Sây. • Sâyana apparently takes lelâyanti' in the sense of allembracing' (from lîyate, to nestle against), ---dîpyamânâ avayavaih sobhamânâ bhragamânâ sarvam gagat svalegasâ prakâsayanti svakîyena tegahpungena sarvam âslishyanti atishthat sthitavati.
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