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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 1.1

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1.1.1

In this world both gods and men were [together].

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The gods, going to the heavenly world, said to Agni:

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"Be you our overseer of this world."

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Agni said to them:

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"Now, since I am terrifying to you, most fierce to touch,

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and men are disrespectful,

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how will that be for you, that which is among men?"

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The gods said:

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"We shall indeed lay away your fierce bodies.

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Now, which body of yours is auspicious, benevolent, fit for sacrifice,

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with that you shall be here for men."

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His Pavamāna [body] they placed in the waters,

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the Pāvaka [body] in the wind,

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the Śuci [body] in the sun.

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Now that body of his which was auspicious, benevolent, fit for sacrifice,

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with that he shone here for men.

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These indeed are the bodies of Agni.

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Now that he sacrifices to these deities,

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here Agni, complete with his limbs, complete with his bodies, becomes propitiated.

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They are indeed three.

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Three, indeed, are these worlds;

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thus he obtains these worlds.

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