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manliness and the coursers are the men : he thereby bestows manliness upon men; and 'milk into the kine' he says, because this milk is indeed contained in the kine ;—'Into the hearts Varuna (hath laid) wisdom, into the homesteadsi fire;' for into the hearts that wisdom, the swiftness of thought, has indeed entered ; and 'into the homesteads fire' he says, because that fire is in the homesteads, with the people;—'Into the heaven hath he placed the Sun, and Soma upon the rock;' for that sun is indeed placed in the heaven; and Soma on the rock' he says, because Soma is in the mountains. This is why he says, “In the heaven hath he placed the Sun, and Soma upon the rock.'
8. If there are two deer-skins, he then puts up the other by way of a flag 8;--and if there is only one, he cuts off the neck of the deer-skin and puts it up by way of a flag ;-with the text (Våg. S. IV, 32), 'Mount thou the eye of Surya, the eye-ball of Agni, where thou fliest along with the dappled (horses), shining through the wise (Surya).' He thereby places Sarya (the sun) in front, thinking, May Sarya, in front, ward off the evil spirits !' They now drive (Soma) about on a safe (cart), unmolested by evil spirits.
9. At the fore-part of the shafts two boards have been put up: between them the Subrahmanya
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1 Into the waters (apsu),' Rig-veda.
See III, 2, 1, 1 seq. • He is to fasten it to a staff fixed to the pole of the cart near the yoke. Kâty. VII, 9, 9.
• The Subrahmanya is one of the assistants of the Udgatri (chanter of Såma-hymns). He stands on the ground between the two shafts in front of the yoke; the two planks, according to Såyana, reaching up to his chin.
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