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V KÂNDA, I ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 12.
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Soma : he thus wins the visible Pragâpati. There are seventeen (victims), because Pragâpati is seventeenfold: he thus wins Pragâpati.
8. Now, they are all hornless ;-for man is nearest to Pragapati, and he is hornless, unhorned; and Pragâpati also is hornless, unhorned; and these (victims) belong to Pragâ pati : therefore they are all hornless.
9. They are all dark-grey. Now, the dark-grey has two forms, the light hair and the black; and a couple means a productive pair, and Pragâ pati (the lord of generation) represents productiveness, and those (victims) belong to Pragâpati : therefore they are all dark-grey.
10. They are all males ;--for the male means productiveness, and Pragâpati represents productiveness : hence they are all males. Difficult to obtain are victims with these perfections : if he cannot obtain them (all) with these perfections, even some with these perfections will do ; for verily Pragâpati is everything here.
11. Now, some seize the last (victim) for Vâk (Speech), thinking, 'If there be anything beyond Pragâ pati, that is Speech : we thus win Speech.' But let him not do it in this wise; for Pragâpati is everything here,—these worlds and everything there is ;-whatever speech speaks in these worlds, that speech he wins: therefore he need not heed this.
12. The course of procedure regarding these (victims is as follows). When the Maitrâvaruna recites after the Vámadevya`, let them then proceed
1 The Vâmadevya-s âman (Samav. II, 32-34) is the second Prishtha-stotra, after the chanting of which, at the midday feast,
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| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | T W Rhys Davids |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1890 |
| Total Pages | 2695 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 47 MB |