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him in these worlds. There are four finales, for there are four quarters : they thus establish him in all the quarters. All (the priests) join in the finale: with one mind they thus bestow excellence upon him.
27. As to this they say, 'Seeing that this Sâman is sung, wherein then does the recitation (uktha) of this Sâman consist, and what is its foundation ; for unsuccessful is what is chanted unless it be followed by a recitation ?
28. 'Thrice eleven are the gods;' this, indeed, is the recitation' belonging to that Sâman, this its foundation
29. Or he (the Adhvaryu) takes a thirty-third cupful (of gravy), with (Våg. S. XX, 11-12"), 'Thrice
tatakshur, sisanti) dhîtibbih,' i.e. they make thee up (or urge thee on) with prayers,' serving as a kind of prelude (prastava) the single words of which are given among the Stobhas (Sâmav., Calc. ed., II, p. 522, last line), as, indeed, the words 'samsravase,' &c., themselves are (ib., p. 520). In the first three Samans this phrase is followed by the finale consisting of the respective characteristic word preceded by the Stobha 'auhova.' In the last Sâman, on the other hand, the introductory phrase is followed by the choral setting of the verse Brihad indraya gâyata' (see p. 255, n. 2), which, in its turn, is followed again by the first phrase, with a slightly modified modulation, ending with 'auhova sravase.' Whilst joining in the finale, the priests, according to Láty. V, 4, 17, are to lay their hands on the head of the Sacrificer.
1 According to Kâty. Sr. XIX, 4, 24; 5, 8 seq.; 7, i seq., the thirty-third libation of gravy is taken with the text, XX, 32, 'yo bh@tanam adhipatih (he who is the over-lord of creatures),' &c.; whilst, on the conclusion of the Sastra, or Hotri's recitation, the Sacrificer offers the libation from that last cup with XX, 11-12, and drinks the remainder with XX, 13. The Sastra, recited in response to the Sâman, consists of the section of eleven verses, Våg. S. XX, 80-90, the first and last verses of which are recited thrice; whilst the 'âhâva' (somsavom, 'let us praise, om l') is inserted by him before each triplet of the remaining nine verses. The two verses used whilst the Sacrificer offers (XX, 11-12) are likewise recited by the
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