The Hindu Temple v1.c6.s3.39

v1.c6.s3.39

The sacrificial goat born from Agni’s heat carries the gods and the sacrificer upwards, to heaven and to light, in the Sūkta of Atharvan; the goat-Asura born from the Sūkta, swelled by pride sinks down and on him the gods take their stand and the temple is built up; with its plan it leads to the centre, and in its elevation to the upper worlds, and beyond them. The Asura-bhāva (pride) of the Chāgāsura lays him low, “at the feet of Śiva” on the surface of the earth. Yet even so he carries the gods.