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Chapter XII
Meditation on the Rathantara Sama
The rubbing of the fire-sticks is the syllable Him; the
rising of smoke is the Prastava; the burning is the
Udgitha; the forming of embers is the Pratihara; the
going out is the Nidhana. This is the Rathantara Saman
as interwoven in fire.
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He who thus knows this Rathantara Saman as
interwoven in fire becomes radiant with the light of
Brahman and endowed with a good appetite; he reaches
the full length of life, lives brightly, becomes great in
children and cattle, great in fame. For him the injunction
is: "Do sip water or spit before the fire."
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