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XIV KÂNDA, 3 ADHYÂYA, 1 BRAHMANA, 9. 495
dhâna,'-just that which is in the Gâyatri (metre) and Havirdhana (shed);-'may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
5. Then, having kindled the second (bundle), he offers (thereon) whilst holding it navel-high; for in the middle, as it were, is what is navelhigh, and in the middle, as it were, is the air-world: thus he thereby supplies and completes it with that heat which had entered the air-world.
6. 'What fire of thine is in the air,'-just the fire which is in the air; what is in the Trishtubh and in the Ågnidhra,'-just that which is in the Trishtubh (metre) and Âgnidhra (fire-shed);-may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
7. Then, having put the third (bundle) on the fire, he offers on it whilst sitting; for below, as it were, is he who is sitting; and below, as it were, is this (terrestrial) world: thus he thereby supplies and completes it with that heat which had entered this (terrestrial) world.
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8. What fire of thine is in the earth,'just that fire which is in the earth;-'what is in the Gagati and in the Sadas,'-just that which is in the Gagatt (metre) and the Sadas (shed); may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
9. He (the Adhvaryu) then steps out', with
Viz. out of the sâlâ, with the Sacrificer's wife in front of him,
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