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at the right armpit, for the heart is nearer thereto 1: he thus makes the sun his (Agni's) heart, and that heart of his he thus makes boneless and immortal.
41. He sings about offspring (pragà) and Pragåpati (the lord of creatures and procreation);-when he sings about offspring, he lays the heart into offspring; and when he sings about Pragapati, he lays the heart into Agni.
42. And, again, as to why he sings about offspring and Pragâpati ;-this Agni, doubtless, is both offspring and the lord of offspring, and hence, when he sings about Agni, he lays the heart both into the offspring and into the lord of offspring.
43. These (hymns) are the immortal bricks; he lays them down last (highest) of all:-he thereby makes immortality the highest thing of all this (universe), and hence immortality is the highest thing of all this (universe). Let none other but the Adhvaryu? sing; for these (hymns) are bricks, and he (Agni, the fire-altar) would be built up in the wrong ways, were any other than the Adhvaryu to sing.
SECOND ADHYAYA. FIRST BRAHMANA.
DAY OF PREPARATION FOR SOMA-SACRIFICE. 1. On the day of preparation, early in the morning, when the sun has risen, he releases his speech.
1 That is, by taking the auricles as parts of the heart
? According to Lâty. I, 5, 1 seq, it is the Prastotri who sings these sâmans. A similar conflict of competence in this respect is referred to not only in regard to detached sâmans (cf. Kâty. IV, 9, 6-9), but even in regard to such solemn performances as the chanting of the Mahâvrata-sâman (cf note on X, 1, 1, 5).
3 V1-kita, in this sense, appears to be a atat Reyouevov. Sayana seems to have read*vigita (parâbhâta, defeated) instead.
