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I ADHYAYA, 23 KANDIKA, 19.
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9. With (the formula), Kandramas (the moon) is my Brahman; he is my Brahman; I choose thee N. N. as my Brahman' (he chooses) the Brahman,
10. With (the formula), 'Aditya (the sun) is my Adhvaryu; (he is my Adhvaryu, &c.)'-the Adh
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varyu.
II. With (the formula), ' Parganya is my Udgâtri ; (he is my Udgâtri, &c.) '—the Udgâtri.
12. With (the formula), 'The waters are my reciters of what belongs to the Hotrakas'-the Hotrakas.
13. With (the formula), 'The rays are my Kamasâdhvaryus'-the Kamasâdhvaryus.
14. With (the formula), 'The ether is my Sadasya' the Sadasya.
15. He whom he has chosen should murmur, 'A great thing thou hast told me; splendour thou hast told me; fortune thou hast told me; glory thou hast told me; praise thou hast told me; success thou hast told me; enjoyment thou hast told me ; satiating thou hast told me; everything thou hast told me.'
16. Having murmured (this formula), the Hotri declares his assent (in the words), 'Agni is thy Hotri; he is thy Hotri; thy human Hotri am I.'
17. 'Kandramas (the moon) is thy Brahman; he is thy Brahman (&c.)'-thus the Brahman.
18. In the same way the others according to the prescriptions (given above).
19. And if (the priest who accepts the invitation)
12. The twelve priests of the sixteen (see § 4 note) who do not stand at the head of one of the four categories. Those at the head are enumerated in the Sutras 8-11.
13, 14. See above, § 4 note.
19. Priests who only perform the Agnyâdheya for a person, are, according to Nârâyana's note on this Sûtra, not considered as
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