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Prapathaka 1. The New And Full Moon Sacrifices For food thee, for strength thee! Ye are winds, ye are approachers. Let the god Savitr impel you to the most excellent offering. [ More... ] Prapathaka 2. The Soma Sacrifice May I the waters wet (thee) for life, For length of days, for glory. O plant, protect him. [ More... ] Prapathaka 3. The Victim For Agni And Soma On the impulse of the god Savity, with the arms of the Açvins, with the hands of Pusan, I take thee; thou art the spade, thou art the woman. [ More... ] Prapathaka 4. The Soma Cups I take thee. Thou art the stone which maketh the sacrifice for the gods; make this sacrifice deep, with thy highest edge, (make) the Soma well pressed for Indra, rich in sweetness, in milk, bringing rain. [ More... ] Prapathaka 5. The Rekindling Of The Fire The gods and the Asuras were in conflict; the gods, in anticipation of the contest, deposited in Agni their desirable riches (thinking),'This will still be ours, if they defeat us. Agni desired it and went away with it. [ More... ] Prapathaka 6. The Sacrificer's Part In The New And Full Moon Sacrifices By the Yajus I pour on thee Offspring, life, and wealth. Instigated by Brhaspati may the sacrificer here come to no harm. [ More... ] Prapathaka 7. The Sacrificer's Part In The New And Full Moon Sacrifices Cattle attend the cooked offerings of him who has established a fire. The cooked offering is the Ida; it is placed in the world of the sacrifice between the fore- and the after-offerings. [ More... ] Prapathaka 8. The Rajasuya A Anumati he offers a cake on eight potsherds; the sacrificial fee is a cow. The (grains) which are thrown down to the west of the support he (offers) on one potsherd to Nirrti; the sacrificial fee is a black garment with a black fringe. [ More... ]

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