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manner the Sacrificer now, both when he is about to generate and when he has generated this universe, encloses it on both sides by day and night.
13. As to this they say, 'If the Vishnu-strides are the day, and the Vatsapra the night, and both of them are (performed) during the day, not during the night, how then are they both performed for (or by) him also during the night ?' Well, on that (first) occasion, when he is being initiated, he, at the outset, combines both (performances) in the afternoon ; for the afternoon is the same thing as the night. Then throwing them thus together, he at the end combines them both in the forenoon ; for the forenoon is the same thing as the day; and in this way they are both performed during the day, and both during the night.
14. Now early on the day on which he may intend to combine them, when the sun has risen, he first throws out the ashes (from the pan); having thrown out the ashes, he releases his speech; having released his speech, he puts on a kindling-stick; having put on a kindling-stick, he takes the ashes down to (and throws them into) the water. In the same way as he takes them down he returns after taking some of the ashes; and having thrown it into the pan he stands reverentially by the fire. He then performs two expiations.
15. And if the day should be one for the Vishnustrides, let him, after striding the Vishnu-strides, worship the fire with the Vâtsapra; and if it be one for the Vâtsapra, let him, after worshipping with the Vâtsapra, and striding the Vishnu-strides, finally perform the Vâtsapra. Let him not conclude by performing the Vishnu-strides, for that would be as if
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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 |