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12. It is the teeth of his right jaws, they said, it has been said, in 



this house, 



13. That they shall use as seeds for their rattle. 



14. When they use the teeth of the male puma as seeds for their rattle, 

 1.5. Then, indeed, the sound of their rattle shall be clear, O, younger 



brothers, they said to one another. 



16. What shall they use as a handle for their rattle, they said, it has 



been said, in this house. 



17. The male puma that lies outstretched upon the earth, 



18. It is his lower right foreleg 



19. That they shall use as a handle for their rattle. 



20. When they use the lower right leg of the male puma as a handle 



for their rattle, 



21. They shall make themselves to be free from all causes of death, 



O, younger brothers, they said to one another. 



22. Behold the fine dust within the rattle, 



23. That fine dust also 



24. Is not without a purpose. 



25. Toward the setting of the sun, 



26. There are people who possess things that are numerous, 



27. Verily I have made this dust to represent all those things, they 



said, it has been said, in this house. 



28. Behold the opening at the top of the rattle, they said, it has been 



said, in this house. 



29. That opening also 



30. Is not made without a purpose, 



31. The little insects (all living creatures), 



32. It matters not whose little ones they may be, 



33. We shall cause them to fall into this opening, as though into a 



snare, O, younger brothers, they said to one another. 



34. Verily, at that time and place, it has been said, in this house, 



35. They gave a menacing stroke with the rattle. 



36. Toward the setting of the sun, 



37. Toward the adolescent youth who dwells in that direction, 



38. They gave a menacing stroke, 



39. And said: Wlien they give a menacing stroke such as this, 



40. They shall strike with ease their enemies, O, younger brothers, 



they said to one another. 



41. When they conjure their enemies with the rattle, as they travel 



the path of life, 



42. They shall conjure them with ease, O, younger brothers, they 



said to one another. 



