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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 7.8

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7.8.1

Then Aditi said:

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"Offer me one oblation of food; I will discern one quarter."

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They offered to her.

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She discerned the upward quarter.

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This [earth] is indeed Aditi.

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Therefore on her herbs stand upright, trees stand upright, human beings stand upright.

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Agni blazes upward.

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Whatever is on her, that is turned upward.

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For this is her recognized quarter.

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Thus indeed the gods discerned the heavenly world by means of the introductory [sacrifice].

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Just so the sacrificer likewise discerns the heavenly world by means of the introductory [sacrifice].

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The two—the introductory and the concluding [sacrifices]—should be equal.

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This sacrifice is indeed a chariot of the gods.

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Its two side-panels are the introductory and the concluding [sacrifices].

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He who makes them equal,

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just as driving along the course in a chariot having both side-panels and powerful draft-animals, one would attain where one intended,

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so he safely attains the heavenly world.

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Now he who makes them unequal,

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just as driving along the course in a chariot having a side-panel on one side only and powerful draft-animals, one would not attain where one intended,

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so he does not safely attain the heavenly world.

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Therefore the introductory and concluding [sacrifices] should indeed be equal.

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