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IX KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 3. 217
the deities), doubtless, are sacrifice: by sacrifice, by food, he thus gratifies him; and by sacrifice he thus consecrates him.
THIRD BRAHMANA.
1. He then offers these Yagñakratus1 (sacrificial rites), with, 'May the Agni and the Gharma (prosper) for me!'-by these sacrificial rites he thus gratifies him, and by these sacrificial rites he thus consecrates him.
2. He then offers (the libations relating to) the Uneven Stomas2;-for the gods, having now obtained their desires, by means of the uneven Stomas went up to heaven; and in like manner does the Sacrificer, now that he has obtained all his desires, by means of the uneven Stomas go up to heaven.
3. Now this (set runs) up to the thirty-threeversed (hymn-form), for the Trayastrimsa is the last of the uneven Stomas: at the last the gods thus
tinuous Vasor dhârâ,' or 'wealth-stream'), the formulas of which (XVIII, 19-21) enumerate each six pairs of cups of Soma (graha) and of sacrificial implements.
These are two sets of libations in the formulas of which (XVIII, 22; 23) objects connected with 'special sacrifices' are enumerated. Thus, of the first pair, 'Agni and Gharma,' 'Agni,' according to Mahîdhara, represents either the Agnikayana or the Agnish/oma (ordinary Soma-sacrifice); whilst the 'Gharma (cauldron)' stands for the Pravargya offering (part i, p. 44 note).
The formula of this set of libations (XVIII, 24) enumerates the seventeen uneven numbers (in the feminine gender) from 1 to 33, repeating the second number of each pair, so as to be the first number of the next pair (thus, I and 3, 3 and 5, &c.). These numbers are meant to represent the corresponding Stomas, consisting of an uneven number of verses, up to the Trayastrimsa, or thirty-three-versed hymn-form.
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