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1<br />

Chapter V<br />

Manifestations of Prajapati<br />

<strong>The</strong> following are the mantras: "I shall now disclose that<br />

the father produced seven kinds of food through<br />

meditation and rites. One is common to all eaters.<br />

Two he assigned to the gods. Three he designed for<br />

himself.<br />

And one he gave to the animals. On it (food) rests<br />

everything-whatsoever breathes and whatsoever<br />

breathes not. Why are not these foods exhausted<br />

although they are always being eaten?<br />

He who knows the cause of this inexhaustibility of the<br />

food eats food with pre-eminence (pratika). He obtains<br />

identity with the gods and lives on nectar."<br />

2<br />

When it is said: "That the father produced seven kinds<br />

of food through meditation and rites," the statement<br />

means that the father indeed produced them through<br />

meditation and rites. When it is said: "One is common to<br />

all eaters," it means that the food which is eaten is that<br />

which is common to all. He who appropriates this food<br />

is never free from evil, for this is, verily, the general<br />

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