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I PRASNA, 4 PATALA, 13 SECTION, 8.
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washes his feet, and then he touches himself with (the formula), .May in me dwell brilliancy, energy, strength, life, renown, splendour, glory, power!'
2. (The host) then makes to him the announcement, 'The Argha water!'
3. (The guest) accepts it with (the formula), “Thou camest to me with glory. Unite me with brilliancy, splendour, and milk. Make me beloved by all creatures, the lord of cattle.'
4. "To the ocean I send you, the imperishable (waters); go back to your source. May I not suffer loss in my offspring. May my sap not be shed'this (verse the guest) recites over the remainder (of the Argha water), when it is poured out (by the person who had offered it to him).
5. Then he utters to him the announcement, 'The water for sipping!'
6. With the formula), 'Thou art the first layer for Ambrosia,' he sips water.
7. Then he utters to him the announcement, •The honey-mixture!'
8. He accepts that with both hands with the Såvitra (formula), and places it on the ground with (the formula), 'I place thee on the navel of the earth in the abode of Ida.' He mixes (the different substances) three times from left to right with his thumb and his fourth finger, with the formula), What is the honied, highest form of honey which consists in the enjoyment of food, by that honied,
3. Paraskara I, 3, 15. 4. Päraskara I, 3, 14. 6. Asvalâyana I, 21, 13.
8. Pâraskara I, 3, 18 seq.; Âsvalâyana I, 21, 15 seq.--The Savitra formula is, 'On the impulse of the god Savitri ... I take thee.' Comp. above, I, 3, 11, 7.
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