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X KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 6. 305
were desirous of becoming that (body of Pragâpati1); and even now, indeed, they do perfect (him). Rig-veda X, 149, 3]-'Thereafter this other became meet for sacrifice by the abundance of the immortal world,'-for thereafter, indeed, other things here-whatsoever is immortalbecame fit for sacrifice.
4. 'Savitri's well-winged eagle verily was first born, and he was according to his ordinance,' the well-winged eagle, doubtless, is Pragâpati, and Savitri is that (sun): thus, 'In accordance with his (the sun's) law he indeed (comported himself).'
5. He indeed consists of seven persons, for that Person 2 consisted of seven persons;-to wit, the body of four, and the wings and tail of three, for of four the body of that Person consisted, and of three his wings and tail.
6. He measures it (the altar) by the man with upstretched arms; for the sacrifice is a man, and by him everything here is measured; and that is his highest measure when he stands with upstretched arms: he thus secures for him what is his highest measure, and therewith he then measures it. And what (space) there is over and above that when he is raised on the forepart of his foot, that he secures by the enclosing-stones, and hence he
1 Tad eva bubhushanta iti, prânâh svayam api prâgâpatyâtmanâ (? prâgâpatyatmâno) bhavitum ikkhantah Sây.
2 See VI, 1, 1, 3-6.
3 That is to say, wherever he speaks of man's lengths, the height to which a man reaches with his upstretched arms is understood; the particular man who supplies this (relative) standard of measure being the Sacrificer.
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