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XIII KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 20. 413
be able to afford. But, indeed, this (sacrifice) is not to be imparted to any and every one, lest one should impart everything to any and every one, for the Purushamedha is everything; but one may only impart it to one who is known to him, and who is versed in sacred writ, and who may be dear to him, but not to any and every one.
THE (SYMBOLICAL) VICTIMS OF THE PURUSHAMEDHA'.
I. 1. To the priesthood (he consecrates) a Brahmana-2. To the nobility a Kshatriya-3. To the Maruts a Vaisya-4. To penance (hardship, tapas) a Sudra-5. To darkness a thief6. To hell a man-slayer-7. To evil a eunuch-8. To barter an unchaste woman (ayobhût)-9. To desire a harlot (pumskalů)— 10. To the shriek (atikrusha) a minstrel (mâgadha)-11. To dancing a herald (bard, sûta)—12. To singing an actor (sailûsha)— 13. To the law a counsellor (sabhâkara)—14. To joking a timorous man-15. To fun (narma) a chatterer-16. To laughter (hasa) an artizan (kâri, ? singer of praises)-17. To pleasure (ânanda) a woman's friend-18. To enjoyment a maiden's son-19. To skill a wheelwright-20. To perseverance a carpenter-21. To heat (tapas) a potter-22. To craft a mechanic-23. To handsome form a jeweller-24. To beauty a barber-25. To the arrow-shot an arrow-maker-26. To the weapon a bow-maker-27. To work a bowstring-maker-28. To fate a rope-maker-29. To death a huntsman-30. To the end (antaka) a dog-keeper-31. To rivers a fisherman (paungishtha)-32. To the ogress (of waste lands) a
1 Comp. Prof. Weber's German translation (Zeitschr. D. M. G., XVIII, p. 262 seqq.; Indische Streifen, I, p. 76 seqq.), where the variants from the Taitt. Br. and the explanations of the commentaries are given. Not a few of the terms used (some of which are, indeed, explained in a different way by the commentators) are, however, still of doubtful meaning. Våg. S. XXX, 5-22.
? The patronymic, or matronymic, of this, 'âyobhava' is said to be the son of a Sudra from a Vaisya woman.
* Or, as Mahidhara takes 'subhe vapam,' to well-being the seedsower-einen Sämann dem Gedeihen, Weber.
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