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XI KANDA, 8 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 2. 127
SECOND BRAHMANA.
1. Verily, there are four kinds of fire, the one laid down, the one taken out, the one taken forward, and the one spread (over the three hearths). Now, that which is laid down is this very (terrestrial) world; that which is taken out is the air-world, that which is taken forward is the sky, and that which is spread is the regions. And that which is laid down is Agni, that which is taken out is Vâyu (the wind), that which is taken forward is Âditya (the sun), and that which is spread is Kandramas (the moon). And that which is laid down is the Gârhapatya, that which is taken out is the Åhavaniya, that which is taken forward is the (fire) they lead forth eastwards from the Ahavantya; and that which is spread is the one they take northwards for the cooking of the victim, and that (used) for the byofferings: let him therefore perform the animal sacrifice on a fire taken forward.
THIRD BRAHMANA.
1. Here, now, they say, 'To what deity should this victim belong?'-'It should belong to Pragapati,' they say; 'for it was Pragâpati who first saw it: therefore it is to Pragâpati that this victim should belong.'
2. And they also say, 'To Surya (the sun) that victim should belong;'-whence it is that cattle are tied up when he (the sun) has set: some of them
1 See III, 8, 3, 18; 8, 4, 9, with note.
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