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SEVENTH KHANDA
1. He begins with the hymn, Tad id asa bhuvaneshu gyeshtham
(Rv. X, 120). Verily, gyeshtha, the oldest, is mahat, great. Endowed with mahat
the form of this day is perfect.
2. Then follows the hymn, Tam su te kirtim maghavan mahitva
(Rv. X, 54), with the auspicious word mahitva.
3. Then follows the hymn, Bhuya id vavridhe viryaya (Rv. VI,
30), with the auspicious word virya.
4. Then follows the hymn, NrinAm u tvA nritamam gobhir
ukthaih (Rv. 1, 51, 4), with the auspicious word uktha.
5. He extends the first two padas, which are too small, by
one syllable (Rv. X, 120, 1 a, and Rv. VIII, 69, 2 a) 2. Into the small heart
the vital spirits are placed, into the small stomach food is placed. It serves
for the attainment of these desires. He who knows this, obtains these desires.
6. The two feet, each consisting of ten syllable (Rv. X, I
20, 1 a, b), serve for the gaining of both kinds of food, of what has feet
(animal food), and what has no feet (vegetable food).
7. They come to be of eighteen syllables each. Of those
which are ten, nine are the pranas (opening of the body), the tenth is the
(vital) self. This is the perfection of the (vital) self. Eight syllables
remain in each. He who knows them, obtains whatever he desires.
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