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therefore this (altar) when completely built up becomes like the Brihati.
9. [Vâg. S. XI, 37; Rik S. I, 36, 9] 'Seat thee, thou art great,'-he now causes the infused seed to establish itself, whence the seed infused into the womb establishes itself ;-'burn thou, best glad. dener of the gods!'—that is, 'shine thou, best gladdener of the gods ; '-'send forth, O Agni, worthy partaker of the offering, thy showy, ruddy smoke!' for when he (Agni) is kindled, he sends forth his ruddy smoke,--the showy, for it, as it were, shows itself.
10. These (verses) amount to six,—six seasons are a year, and Agni is the year: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so great does this become. And what comes to be like the year, comes to be like the Brihati ; for the year is the Brihati,—twelve full moons, twelve eighth days 1 (of the fortnight of waning moon), twelve new moons, that makes thirtysix, and the Brihatl consists of thirty-six syllables. He takes it (the lump of clay) from the right (south) to the left (north) side (of the hole), for from the right side seed is infused into the womb; and this (hole) now is his (Agni's) womb. He takes it thither without stopping, so as not to stop the seed.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. He then pours water into it (the hole), for whatever is injured or torn in this earth that is healed by water : by means of the water he thus joins together and heals what is injured and torn in her.
· See VI, 2, 2, 23.
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