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to be sure are mordacious ones: therefore (he throws it in the face) of a long-haired man.
3. He then makes him ascend the regions, with (Våg. S. X, 10-14), 'Ascend thou the East! May the Gayatri (metre) protect thee, the Rathantara-sâman, the threefold stoma, the spring season, the Priesthood, that precious treasure!'
4. 'Ascend thou the South! May the Trishtubh protect thee, the Brihat-sâman, the fifteenfold stoma, the summer season, the Knighthood, that precious treasure!'
5. 'Ascend thou the West! May the Gagati protect thee, the Vairûpa-sâman, the seventeenfold stoma, the rainy season, the Peasantry, that precious treasure!'
6. 'Ascend thou the North ! May the Anushtubh protect thee, the Vairâga-sâman, the twenty-onefold stoma, the autumn season, fruit, that precious treasure!'
7. 'Ascend thou the upper region! May the Pankti protect thee, the Såkvara and Raivatasåmans, the thrice-ninefold and the three and thirtyfold stomas, the winter and dewy season, spiritual lustre, that precious treasure!'
8. And as to why he makes him ascend the quarters,—that is a form of the seasons: it is the seasons, the year, that he thereby makes him ascend; and having ascended the seasons, the year, he is high, high above everything here, and everything here is below him. 9. On the hind part of the tiger's skin' a piece of
This was spread out in front of the Maitrâvaruna's hearth, see V, 3, 5, 3.
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