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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
secures for him what was not secured for him. "Let him approach (the altar with this verse) when he has covered a layer with earth,' say some, 'for then that (layer) becomes whole and complete.'
Fourth BRAHMANA. 1. Now, at the beginning, Pragâpati was (composed of) both these, the mortal and the immortalhis vital airs alone were immortal, his body mortal : by this sacrificial performance, and by this order of proceeding, he made his body uniformly undecaying and immortal. And in like manner is the Sacrificer (composed of) both the mortal and the immortal—his vital airs alone are immortal, his body mortal: by this sacrificial performance, and by this order of proceeding, he makes his body uniformly undecaying and immortal.
2. He lays down the first layer,—this, doubtless, is his out- (and in-) breathing?, and it is an immortal (element), for the out-breathing is something immortal : this, then, is an inmortal layer. He then scatters loose soil thereon,—this, doubtless, is his marrow, and it is a mortal (element), for the marrow is mortal: he establishes it on that immortal (element), and thereby this part of him becomes immortal.
3. He lays down the second layer,-this, doubtless, is his downward breathing, and it is an immortal (element), for the downward breathing is something immortal : this, then, is an immortal layer. He thus encompasses that mortal (element) on both
1 That is, the breath-proper, of the mouth and nose, passing upward into the air from the middle of the body.
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