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GRIHYA-SOTRA OF HIRANYAKESIN.
singular), ‘To Agni (I have brought) two pieces of wood ;'
4. (Then) four (pieces of wood, using the plural), "To Agni (I have brought) pieces of wood.'
5. He then sprinkles (water) round (the fire) as above.
6. “Thou hast given thy consent;' Thou hast given thy impulse '—thus he changes the end of each Mantra.
7. He then worships the (following) deities (with the following Mantras),
8. Agni with (the words), · Agni, lord of the vow, I shall keep the vow;'
9. Vâyu with (the words), Vâyu, lord of the vow, (&c.);'
10. Aditya (the sun) with (the words), · Åditya, lord of the vow, (&c.);'
11. The lord of the vows with (the words), 'Lord of the vows, ruling over the vows (&c.).'
12. He then gives an optional gift to his Guru (i. e. to the teacher).
13. (The teacher) makes him rise with (the verse which the student recites), Up! with life' (Taitt. Samh. I, 2, 8, 1); he gives him in charge (to the sun) with (the words), Sun! This is thy son; I give him in charge to thee;' and he worships the sun with (the Mantra), “That bright eye created by the gods which rises in the east : may we see it a hundred autumns; may we live a hundred autumns; may we
5. Comp. above, I, 1, 2, 7 seq. 6. He says, 'Anumati! Thou hast given thy consent l' &c. 8 seq. Comp. Gobhila II, 10, 16. 12. Comp. Sankhayana I, 14, 13 seq. 13. Paraskara I, 8, 7; I, 6, 3.
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