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IX KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 30. 261
But the Asuras became aware of this also. As much of this animal-offering as is done (at the evening-service) had been done, when they arrived. The gods, espying them, snatched up the sacrifice, and began doing something else. They went away, thinking, 'It is something else they are doing.
27. When they had gone away, they (the gods) spread the evening-service and completed it; and by completing it they obtained that whole truth. Then the Asuras went down?. Then the gods prevailed, and the Asuras came to naught. And, indeed, he who knows this, himself prevails, and his spiteful enemy comes to naught.
28. The gods said, “Those sacrifices of ours which are half-completed, and leaving behind which we went off ,--think ye upon this, how we may complete them!' They said, ' Meditate. ye !' whereby, indeed, they meant to say, 'Seek ye how we may complete these sacrifices!'
29. Whilst meditating, they saw these Samishtayagus (oblations), and offered them, and thereby completed those sacrifices; and inasmuch as thereby they completed (samsthapaya) them, they are 'samsthitayagus '; and inasmuch as thereby they sacrificed completely (sam-yag ), they are 'samishtayagus.
30. Now there are nine such (incomplete) sacri
Literally, leapt down (from their high station). ? That is, which we left behind us when we went off.
3 CF. IV, 4, 4, 6. For whatever deities this sacrifice is performed, they all are thereby sacrificed-to together' (sam-ishta); and because, after all those (deities) have been 'sacrificed-to together, he now offers those (libations), therefore they are called Samishtayagus. See also I, 9, 2, 26, with note thereto.
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