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shatras (lunar asterisms), doubtless, are a place of abode for all the gods : it is thus by means of all the deities that he heals whatever has been unsuccessful in the sacrifice.
13. "To the Waters hail!'—the waters, doubtless, are a place of abode for all the gods: it is thus by means of all the deities that he heals whatever has been unsuccessful in the sacrifice.
14. 'To Varuna hail!'-Varuna, doubtless, is the self of all the gods : it is thus by means of all the deities that he heals whatever has been unsuccessful in the sacrifice.
15. "To the Navel hail! To the Purified onel hail!'—This is undefined, for undefined is Pragâpati, and Pragâ pati is the sacrifice: it is thus Pragâpati, the sacrifice, he thereby heals.
16. These are thirteen oblations,- for there are thirteen months in the year, and the year is Pragapati, and Pragâpati is the sacrifice: it is thus Pragâpati, the sacrifice, he thereby heals.
17. (Våg. S. XXXIX, 3,] ‘To the Voice hail!'-a mouth he thereby gives to it;-'to the Breath hail! to the Breath hail!'-two nostrils (a nose) he thereby gives to it;-'to the Eye hail! to the Eye hail!'--two eyes he thereby gives to it;-'to the Ear hail! to the Ear hail!'-two ears he thereby gives to it.
18. These are seven oblations,—now seven in number are these vital airs in the head: it is them he thereby gives to it. He offers a last oblation of a full (spoon),—the full means every
Mahîdhara takes 'pūta' in the sense of the purifier (sodhaka)' and apparently the name of a god (as he does also the Navel (nâbhyai devatâyai)).
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