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The Upanishads - Mandhata Global

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Chapter XVII<br />

Penances for Mistakes in the Sacrifice<br />

Prajapati brooded over the worlds; from them, thus<br />

brooded over, he squeezed the essences: agni (fire)<br />

from the earth, vayu (air) from the mid-region and<br />

aditya (the sun) from heaven.<br />

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He brooded over these three deities; from them, thus<br />

brooded over, he squeezed the essences. <strong>The</strong> Rikverses<br />

from fire, the Yajus-verses from the air and the<br />

Saman-verses from the sun.<br />

3<br />

He brooded over the threefold knowledge (i.e. the three<br />

Vedas); from them, thus brooded over, he squeezed the<br />

essences: Bhuh from the Rik-verses, Bhuvah from the<br />

Yajus-verses and Svah from the Saman-verses.<br />

If the sacrifice is injured with regard to the Rikverses,<br />

one should then offer a libation in the<br />

Garhapatya Fire saying: "Bhuh Svaha!" Thus is<br />

healed the injury with regard to the Rik-verses by<br />

means of the essence and the power of the Rik-verses<br />

themselves.<br />

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