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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
of the progress ;'-he thereby means the breath ; whence they say, 'The Agnihotra is breath.'
SECOND BRAHMANA. 1. Verily, whosoever knows the six pairs in the Agnihotra, has offspring born to him by pair after pair, by all generations. The Sacrificer and his wife-this is one pair: through it his Agnihotra would be possessed of a wife,—May I obtain this pair!' he thinks! The calf and the Agnihotra-cow —this is another pair: through it his Agnihotracow would become possessed of a male calf, — May I obtain this pair!' he thinks. The pot and the coals--this is another pair; the offering-spoon and the dipping-spoon-this is another pair; the Åhavaniya fire and the log—this is another pair; the libation and the Svâhâ-call-this is another pair: these, doubtless, are the six pairs in the Agnihotra ; and he who thus knows them, has offspring born to him by pair after pair, by all generations.
THIRD BRAHMANA. 1. The Brahman delivered the creatures over to Death, the Brahmakârin (religious student) alone it did not deliver over to him. He (Death) said, 'Let me have a share in this one also.'-'Only the night on which he shall not bring his 8 fire-wood,' said (the Brahman). On whatever night, therefore, the Brahmakârin does not bring fire-wood, that
1 Or, perhaps, it (the Agnihotra) thinks.
* Prof. Delbrück, Altind. Syntax, p. 260, doubtless rightly takes the middle form (@harâtai) here to imply for his own self,' i.e. for his own protection from death.
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