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22. Sâkalya said: "Which is thy deity in the Western quarter ?'
Yagñavalkya said: 'Varuna.' Sâkalya said : ‘In what does that Varuna abide ?' Yagñavalkya said: 'In the water.' Sâkalya said: 'In what does the water abide ?' Yagñavalkya said: 'In the seed.' Såkalya said: “And in what does the seed abide?'
Yagñavalkya said: 'In the heart. And therefore also they say of a son who is like his father, that he seems as if slipt from his heart, or made from his heart; for the seed abides in the heart.'
Såkalya said: 'So it is indeed, O Yagñavalkya.'
23. Sâkalya said: "Which is thy deity in the Northern quarter?'
Yagñavalkya said: 'Soma.' Såkalya said: 'In what does that Soma abide?' Yagñavalkya said: 'In the Dikshâ 1.' Sâkalya said: 'In what does the Diksha abide?'
Yagñavalkya said: 'In the True; and therefore they say to one who has performed the Dikshâ, Speak what is true, for in the True indeed the Diksha abides.'
Sâkalya said : ‘And in what does the True abide?'
Yâgñavalkya said: 'In the heart, for with the heart do we know what is true, and in the heart indeed the True abides.'
Sâkalya said : “So it is indeed, O Yâgñavalkya.'
24. Såkalya said: Which is thy deity in the zenith ?'
· Dîkshâ is the initiatory rite for the Soma sacrifice. Having sacrificed with Soma which has to be bought, the sacrificer becomes endowed with wisdom, and wanders to the North, which is the quarter of Soma.
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