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BAUDHAYANA.
II, 10, 18.
ask Brâhmanas, both those who have houses (sâlina) and those who lead a wandering life (yâyâvara), for alms, when the Vaisvadeva offering has been finished.
5. Let him ask (for it), prefacing (his request with the word) Bhavat.
6. Let him stand begging no longer than the time required for milking a cow.
7. When he returns from begging, he lays (the alms) down in a pure place, washes his hands and feet, and announces (what he obtained) to the sun, (reciting the text), 'Ud u tyam kitram,' &c. He (also) announces it to Brahman (with the text), The first-born Brahman,' &c.
8. It is declared in the Veda, 'After the Brahmadhâna the sacrificer himself (contains) the sacrificial fires. His respiration (prâna, represents) the Gârhapatya fire, the air that goes downwards (apâna, represents) the Anvâhâryapakana (or Dakshina) fire, the circulation in the body (vyâna, represents) the Åhavaniya fire, the cerebral circulation (udâna) and the abdominal circulation (samâna, represent) the Sabhya and Âvasathya fires. These five fires are abiding in the soul. He (therefore) offers (the oblations) in the soul alone.
9. “This sacrifice, offered in the soul, which is located in and based on the soul, leads the soul to happiness. .
10. Giving, compassionately, portions (of his food) to the living beings, and sprinkling the re
7. The second text occurs repeatedly in the Taittirîya-veda, e. g. Taittirîya Aranyaka X, 1, 10.
8. Regarding the Brahmâdhâna, see above, II, 10, 17, 19.
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