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varmiasya," (and having with* the prayer) " Varuna come hither, mayest 

 thou stand here," brought Varuna to the western (corner), he should 

 meditate on the colour of crystal. 



Having brought Kuvera with the prayer from the Yajurveda 

 " Rajadhirajaya" (and with this prayer) " Kuvera come hither, mayest 

 thou stand here," to the northern (corner), he should meditate on 

 the colour of gold. (He then recites the verse) " Agnim," (R. V. 

 VIII. 44, 3) (of which the) Rishi is Medhatithi, (the deity) Agni, 

 (the metre) Grayatri. Having muttered " Om agnim dutam" (and 

 having brought Agni (with the words) " Agni come hither, mayest 

 thou stand here," to the corner sacred to Agni (south-east), he should 

 meditate on the colour of gold. (He then recites the mantra), " Moshu" 

 (R. V. I. 38, 6), (of which the Rishi is) Grhora of the race of Kanva, 

 (the deity) Nirriti, (the metre) Grayatri. Having brought Nirriti (by 

 muttering) " moshunah," (and) "Nirriti come hither, mayest thou stand 

 here," (to the south-western corner), he should meditate on the dark- 

 blue (colour). 



(He then recites this mantra) " Tavavayo" (R. V. VIII. 26-21,) of 

 which the Rishi is) Vyacva, the deity Vayu, (and the metre) Grayatri. 

 Having brought Vayu (by muttering " Tavavayav," etc. and, " Vayu, 

 come, etc." as before (to the north-western corner), he should meditate 

 on the brown (smoke) colour. 



(He then recites), " tamicanam," etc. (R. V. I. 89, 5) (whose Rishi 

 is) Gautama, (whose deity is) Icana, (whose metre is) Jagati. Having 

 brought Icana by muttering "tamiganam," etc. (and) " Igana come," 

 etc. as before (to the north-eastern corner), he should meditate on the 

 red colour. 



To the right of Indra he should bring (the eight Vasus (with this 

 verse) : " Imayatra vasavah" (R. V. VII. 39, 3), (whose Rishi is) 

 Vasishtha, the son of Mitra and Varuna, (whose deities are) the 

 Vasus, (whose metre is) Trishtubh. He should mutter " imayatra, 

 etc." (and the invocation) " Vasavas come hither, stand here." 



The eight Vasus are declared to be ; Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Apah, 

 Anila, Anala, Pratyusha, Prabhasa. 



He places between Indra and Igana the twelve A'dityas (with this 

 Mantra) ;" tyamnu" (R. V. VIII. 561) (whose Rishi is) Sammada 

 Matsya, (whose deities are) the twelve Adityas, (whose metre is the) 

 Gayatri. (He should mutter) " tyam nuxatriya, etc." 



