Prajapati

the milk of speech

itself to him who knowing this meditates on the sevenfold sermon in speech he becomes rich in food and able to eat food ninth let a man meditate on the sevenfold summon as the sun the sun is salmon because he is always the same sama he is salmon because he is the same everybody thinking he looks towards me he looks towards me let him know that all beings are dependent on him the sun what he is before his rising that is the hinkara on it animals are dependent therefore animals say hin before sunrise for they share the hinkara of that salmon the sun what he is when first risen that is the prastava on it men are dependent therefore men love praise prastuti and celebrity for they share the prastava of that sermon what he is at the time of the sangava that is the adi the first the om on it birds are dependent therefore birds fly about in the sky without support holding themselves for they share the aadi the om of that sermon what he is just at noon that is the udgita on it the devas are dependent because they are brilliant Therefore they are the best of all the descendants of Prajapati, for they share the Yudhgita of that Saman.

What he is after midday and before afternoon, that is the Pratihara.

On it all germs are dependent.

He lives long, becomes great with children and cattle, great by fame.

His rule is, do not speak evil of the Brahmanas.

21st Kanda the hinkara is the threefold knowledge the prstava these three worlds the yudgita agni fire vayu air and aditya sun the pratihara the stars the birds under rays the nidhana the serpents gandharvas and fathers that is the saman as interwoven in everything he who thus knows this saman as interwoven in everything he becomes everything and thus it is said in the following verse there are the five-fold three the three kinds of sacrificial knowledge the three worlds etc in their five-fold form that is as identified with the hinkara the prastava etc and the other forms of the sermon greater than these there is nothing else besides he who knows this knows everything all regions offer him gifts his rule is let him meditate on the salmon knowing that he is everything yea that he is everything twenty second kanda the yudgita of which a poet said i choose the deep-sounding note of the salmon as good for cattle belongs to agni The indefinite note belongs to Prajapati, the definite note to Soma, the soft and smooth note to Vayu, the smooth and strong note to Indra, the heron-like note to Brihaspati, the dull note to Varuna.

Let a man cultivate all of this, avoiding, however, that of Varuna.

Then is Indra.

Sorry, what did I say? Agni, then Varun, then Prajapati, then Indra, then Brahmaji.

So who takes you? So depending on what your sadhana is, till what level does it go? So Pitralok comes somewhere after, I think, Agni.

So that's where the rituals that we do the rituals using fire so that the fire can take them till the Pitraloka and they're not caught before that.

Then, letting the horse free, he thought, and at the end of a year he offered it up for himself, while he gave up the other animals to the deities.

Therefore, the sacrifices offered up the purified horse belonging to Prajapati as dedicated to all the deities.

Verily, the shining sun is the Aswamedha sacrifice, and his body is the ear.

Agni is the sacrificial fire, Arka, and these worlds are his bodies.

Death is his self.

He becomes one of those deities.

Third Brahmana There were two kinds of descendants of Prajapati, the Devas and the Asuras.

Now the Devas were indeed the younger, the Asuras the elder ones.

Then he became a horse, asva, because it swelled asvat and was fit for sacrifice, medhya.

and this is why the horse sacrifice is called aswamedha verily he who knows him thus knows the aswamedha then letting the horse free he thought and at the end of a year he offered it up for himself while he gave up the other animals to the deities Therefore the sacrifices offered up the purified horse belonging to Prajapati as dedicated to all the deities.

Verily the shining sun is the Aswamedha sacrifice, and his body is the ear.

Agni is the sacrificial fire, Arka, and these worlds are his bodies.

Death is his self.

He becomes one of those deities.

Third Brahmana There were two kinds of descendants of Prajapati, the Devas and the Asuras.

Now the Devas were indeed the younger, the Asuras the elder ones.