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11. They said, 'With both of us is this fire (Agni): let us then treat openly with the Asuras ?.'
12. They said, 'We shall set up (or, establish within ourselves, â-dhâ) the two fires,—what will ye do then ?
13. They replied, 'Then we shall lay it down (ni-dhâ), saying, Eat grass here! eat wood here! cook pap here! cook meat here! Now that fire, which the Asuras thus laid down, is this same (fire) wherewith men prepare their food.
14. The gods then established that (fire) in their innermost soul; and having established that immortal element in their innermost soul, and become immortal and unconquerable, they overcame their mortal, conquerable enemies. And so this one now establishes that immortal element in his innermost soul; and—though there is for him no hope of immortality-he obtains the full measure of life; for, indeed, he becomes unconquerable, and his enemy, though striving to conquer, conquers him not. And, accordingly, when one who has established his fires and one who has not established his fires, vie with each other, he who has established his fires overcomes the other, for, verily, he thereby becomes unconquerable, he thereby becomes immortal.
15. Now, when, on that occasion, they produce that (fire) by churning, then he (the sacrificer) breathes (blows) upon it, when produced; for fire indeed is breath: he thereby produces the one thus produced. He again draws in his breath: thereby he establishes that (fire) in his innermost soul; and that fire thus becomes established in his innermost soul?.
1 Pra tv evâsurebhyo bravâmeti.'-'Hantâsurebhyah pratiprabravameti,' Kânva text. Let us talk them out of it!'
. See p. 297, note 4.
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