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XIV KÂNDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 34. 503
repeated, he brings the draught, and hands it to the Sacrificer.
31. Having solicited an invitation? (and received an answer from the priests), he drinks of it, with (Vág. S. XXXVIII, 27), “May there be in me that great energy;-a great energy, indeed, is he who shines yonder ;-'in me the fitness, in me the intelligence,'-fitness and intelligence he thus secures to himself;—'the Gharma of triple fires shineth,'—for this Gharma of triple fires indeed shines ;-'together with the shining light,'—for together with the shining light (the sun) it indeed is ;-'together with the fire, the Brahman,'—for together with the fire, the Brahman, it indeed is ;-(Våg. S. XXXVIII, 28), 'The seed of the milk hath been brought,'—for this is indeed the seed of the milk that has been brought ;-'may we obtain the milking thereof year after year!'-it is a blessing he thereby invokes. They then cleanse themselves at the pit : the significance of this is the same as before.
32. Now, then, as to the sacrificial gifts. The gold plate he gives to the Brahman; for the Brahman is seated, and gold is settled glory: therefore he gives the gold plate to the Brahman.
33. And that cow which yielded the Gharmamilk he gives to the Adhvaryu; for scorched, as it were, is the Gharma, and the Adhvaryu comes forth (from the sacrificial ground) like something scorched : : therefore he gives it to the Adhvaryu.
34. And that cow which yielded the Sacrificer's
· See p. 489, note 2. * Lit., lying, i. e. not standing or moving. • Cf. XI, 2, 7, 32.
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