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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
2. “Thou knowest Agni,' he said ; 'knowing what (else) hast thou come to me?'-'Agni I know.'—
What Agni knowest thou ?'—* The Eye.'-'What becomes of him who knows that Agni ?'-—He becomes seeing,' he said; "his eye does not fail him.'
3. 'Thou knowest Agni,' he said ; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'--'Agni I know.' — What Agni knowest thou ?'—'The Mind.'—'What becomes of him who knows that Agni ?'--' He becomes thoughtful,' he said; "his mind does not
fail him.'
4. Thou knowest Agni,' he said ; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'—'Agni I know.'— What Agni knowest thou ?'- The Ear.'-- What becomes of him who knows that Agni?'—'He becomes hearing,' he said ; his ear does not fail him.'
5. 'Thou knowest Agni,' he said ; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'—' Agni I know.'—What Agni knowest thou ?'—'The Agni who is everything here, him I know.'-On (hearing) this said, he stepped down to him and said, “Teach me that Agni, sir!'
6. He said,—Verily, that Agni is the breath ; for when man sleeps, speech passes into the breath, and so do the eye, the mind, and the ear; and when he awakes, they again issue from the breath. Thus much as to the body.
7. Now as to the deity. That speech verily is Agni himself; and that eye is yonder sun; and that
enumerated among the necessary qualifications of the officiating priest by Lâty. I, 1, 6, where the commentator, however, explains the term either as 'ready of speech (vaktum samarthar),' or as using correct, or elegant, speech (samskritavak).'
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