368 O* THE EELIGJOUS CEREMONIES 



^ them who are detained in all the hells and places 

 >' f of torment, this water is prefented by me." 3d, 

 " May thoie, who are, and thofe who are not, of 

 u kin to me, and thofe who were allied to me in a 

 <w former exillence, and all who deiire oblations of 

 '• Welter from me obtain perfect contentment. " The 

 full text which is taken from the Sarhaveda differs a 

 little from the Ydjurveda. f' Gods, benevolent genii, 

 •• huge ferpents, nymphs, demons, wicked beings, 

 u fnakes, birds of mighty wing, trees, giants ; and 

 ■*' all who traverfe the ethereal region, genii who che- 

 ' ; riih fcience^ animals that live in water or traverfe 

 iC the atmofphere, creatures that have no abode, and 

 " all living animals winch exiri in tin or in the prac- 

 " tice of virtue ; to fatisfy them is this water prefented 

 " by me." Afterwards, the pricil fhoukl wring his 

 lower garment pronouncing this text : " May thoie 

 <c who have been born in my family, and have died, 

 " leaving no fon nor kinfman, bearing the lame name, 

 " be contented with this water which I prefent by 

 u wringing it from my veiture." Then placing his 

 iacriiici.il cord on his left fhoulder, lipping water, 

 and railing up his arm's, }ct him contemplate the fun, 

 reciting a prayer inierkd above : " Jje who tra- 

 * ; vels the appointed path," &c." The prieft ihould 

 afterwards prefent an oblation of water to the fun pro- 

 nouncing the text of the V'ljknu pur ana which A 1ia§ 

 a eady cited, " Salutation to the Jim," &c, 

 I : • then concludes the whole, ceremony by wor ■ 

 lie fun with a prayer above quoted : Ck Thou 

 ; fejf-exiftent^'' &c. by making a. circuit through 

 . ile he pronpunces, u 1 follow the courie 

 he fun ;" and by offering water from the hollow 

 of fa ■ ■ ■ ii e he falutes the regents of ipace 



and other Dei hi " Salutation to rpace ; to the re- 



■_'::. iBra'iima, to the earth, to falu- 



■ try herbs, to 1 , to fpeech, to the lord of fpeech, 

 •< tc th( pervader, and to the mighty Deity." 



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