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6. (Saying), Be happy and friendly to us'-he should think in his mind of the winter.
7. To the west of the fire is a well-spread layer (of straw); on that he should sit down, murmur (the verse), 'Be soft, O earth' (Rig-veda I, 22, 15), and lie down (on that layer) with his people, with the head to the east and the face to the north.
8. The others, as there is room.
9. Or following on each other from the eldest to the youngest.
10. Those who know the Mantras, should murmur the Mantras.
11. Arising (they should) three times (murmur the verse), 'From that place may the gods bless us' (Rig-veda I, 22, 16).
12. The same (verse) a fourth time with their faces to the south, to the west, and to the north.
13. Having arisen, having murmured the hymns sacred to the Sun and the auspicious hymns, having prepared food and given to the Brâhmanas to eat, he should cause (them) to pronounce auspicious words.
KANDIKÂ 4. 1. On the eighth days of the four dark fortnights of (the two seasons of) winter and Sisira the Ashtakâs (are celebrated).
10. The Mantras beginning from "Be soft, O earth" (Sûtra 7) down to the auspicious hymns (Sûtra 13).' Narayana.
11. It follows from Satra 12 that they are to turn here their faces to the east.
12. They mutter one Pâda of that verse, which is in the Gâyatrî metre, turned towards each of the three directions.
4, 1. Comp. Sânkhâyana - Grihya III, 12 seqq. The four
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