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Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 8.9

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The Upasads.

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The Asuras built citadels in these worlds:

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an iron one in this [world],

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a silver one in the intermediate world,

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and a golden one they made in heaven.

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When these worlds were besieged, the gods saw this fifteenfold thunderbolt.

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Three kindling verses, recited together, amount to nine.

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There are six offering verses and invitatory verses.

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These make fifteen.

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By means of this fifteenfold thunderbolt the gods drove the Asuras away from these worlds.

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In the same way, the sacrificer by means of this very fifteenfold thunderbolt drives his hateful rivals away from these worlds.

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He should recite the triplet 'To the bountiful one worthy of attendance' in the forenoon;

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for these are the Upasads.

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That rite is successful which is uttered with the first [word].

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For this day becomes, as it were, attended to through yonder sun.

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'This fuel of mine, O Agni' in the afternoon; that is the form of the night.

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For in the evening they sit around this Agni, as it were kindled.

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Then on the second day: 'This fuel of mine, O Agni' in the forenoon; that is the form of the day.

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For this day becomes, as it were, kindled through yonder sun.

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'To the bountiful one worthy of attendance' in the afternoon; that is the form of the night.

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For in the evening they sit around this Agni, as it were to be attended to.

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Both these forms are known.

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Therefore he should recite them alternating day by day,

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[thinking,] 'May both forms be for the attainment of desires.'

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