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deity?"
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Ushasti said: "The prana is that deity. For all these
beings merge in the prana alone and from the prana
alone do they rise. This is deity which belongs to the
Prastava. If without knowing him you chanted the
Prastava after having been cursed by me,
your head would have fallen off."
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Then the udgatri priest approached him and said: "Sir,
you said to me: „O udgatri priest, if without knowing the
deity that belongs to the Udgitha, you sing the Udgitha,
your head will fall off.‟ Which is that deity?"
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Ushasti said: "The sun is that deity. For all these beings
praise the sun which is high up. This is the deity which
belongs to the Udgitha. If without knowing him you had
chanted the Udgitha after having been cursed by me,
your head would have fallen off."
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Then the pratihartri priest approached him and said:
"Sir, you said to me: „O pratihartri priest, if without
knowing the deity that belongs to the Pratihara, you
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