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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
10. And when they enter upon the Abhiplavashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Half-months and Months: they become those deities, the Half-months and Months, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Half-months and Months.
11. And when they enter upon the Prishthyashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Seasons: they become those deities, the Seasons, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Seasons.
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12. And when they enter upon the Abhigit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Agni: they become the deity Agni, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni.
13. And when they enter upon the Svarasâman (days) they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Waters: they become that deity, the Waters, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Waters.
14. And when they enter upon the Vishuvat (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditya : they become the deity Âditya, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditya. The Svarasâmans have been told.
15. And when they enter upon the Visvagit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Indra: they become the deity Indra, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Indra. The Prishthya and Abhiplava (shadahas) have been told.
16. And when they enter upon (the performance of) the Go and Ayus (stoma) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Mitra and Varuna: they
1 See p. 140, note 1.
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