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a 'To thought I offer with mind, with ghee', he says; the oblation to
Viçvakarman is called the undeceivable; the foe cannot deceive him who has
piled; verily also he wins the gods.
b 'O Agni, to-day', (with these words) he offers with a Pankti verse, and by
the Pankti and the libation he grasps the beginning of the sacrifice.
C 'Seven are thy kindling-sticks, O Agni; seven thy tongues', he says; verily
he wins the Hotr's offices. Agni went away from the gods, desiring a portion
[1]; to him they assigned this as a portion; that is the Agnihotra, of Agni;
then is he born indeed when he is completely piled. Verily to him on birth he
gives food; he delighted delights him, he becomes richer.
d The theologians say, 'Since it is as the Garhapatya that (the fire) is piled,
then where is its Ahavaniya?' 'Yonder sun', he should reply, for in it they
offer to all the gods [2]. He who knowing thus piles the fire straightway makes
pleased the gods.
e O Agni, the glorious, lead him to glory;
Bring hither the fame that is Indra's;
May he be head, overlord, resplendent,
Most famed of his equals.
With look auspicious first they underwent
Fervour and consecration, the seers who found the heavenly light;
Thence was born the kingly power, might and force;
May the gods in unison accord that to us.
Disposer, ordainer, and highest [3] onlooker,
Prajapati, supreme lord, the ruler;
The Stomas, the metres, the Nivids, mine they call;
To him may we secure the kingdom.
Turn towards me, come to me;
May he be your ruler, your overlord;
On his discernment do ye depend;
Upon him henceforth do ye all serve.
He puts down these supporters of the realm; this is the realm supporting
piling of the fire; verily with it he bestows on him the kingly power, he
becomes the kingly power, the kingly power does not fall away from him.
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