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ÂPASTAMBA'S YAGÑA-PARIBHÂSHÂ-SOTRAS.
the fire becomes again ordinary fire, as when the (divine) fire has returned (to the firesticks).
Commentary. The fire for a sacrifice is supposed to be set apart or consecrated (sastriya), but it is so for a special sacrifice only, and when that sacrifice is ended, it is supposed to become like ordinary fire again. Artha is prayogana, the sacrifice for which the fire is intended (agnisadhyavihitakarmânushthanam; tasya tasya vihitasya karmanos nushthânârtham gårhapatyadibhya dhavaniyadyagnim pranayet). The commentator remarks that there are two Agnis, the one who is visible, the other who is the god. Now while the divine Agni leaves the coals and ascends or is absorbed again in the two firesticks (aranî), the other remains like ordinary kitchen fire. See on Samarohana, Weber, Ind. Stud. IX, P. 311; Åsvalayana-Srauta-sátra III, 10, 4-5.
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