vi. 4. 6. Whatever the gods did as the sacrifice, that the Asuras did. The gods saw that the sacrifice must be established in the Upançu (cup), and they established it in the Upançu. The Asu... Read more

PRAPATHAKA IV The Exposition Of the Soma Sacrifice (continued) vi. 4. 1. By means of the sacrifice Prajapati created offspring; verily he created them by the subsidiary sacrifices; in that h... Read more

vi. 3. 6. ‘For food thee!’ (with these words) he takes up the strew, for he who sacrifices strives (icháte) as it were. ‘Thou art the impeller’, he says, for he bring... Read more

PRAPATHAKA III The Exposition of the Soma Sacrifice (continued) vi. 3. 1. From the pit he scatters (earth) on the altars; the pit is the birthplace of the sacrifice; (verily it serves) to un... Read more

vi. 2. 6. On a place of sacrifice where the sacrifice faces the east should he make him to sacrifice for whom he wishes, ‘May the higher sacrifice condescend to him, may he gain the wo... Read more

PRAPATHAKA II The Exposition of the Soma Sacrifice (continued) vi. 2. 1. If he should offer hospitality after unyoking both (the oxen), he would break up the sacrifice. If (he should offer)... Read more

vi. 1. 5. The gods, having fixed up a place of sacrifice, could not distinguish the quarters. They ran up to one another, (saying) ‘By thee shall we distinguish them, by thee.’ T... Read more

Translator – Arthur Berriedale Keith KANDA VI THE EXPLANATION OF THE SOMA SACRIFICE PRAPATHAKA I The Exposition of the Soma Sacrifce vi. 1. 1. He makes a hall with beams pointing east.... Read more