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This much is the celestial 



fifth day ; of that heaven the winter is the season, 

 account of the Purushamedha.* 



11. "Now for its spiritual relations. Initiation (PratisltU) is its 

 first day. Initiation is the spring season. That which is above it and be- 

 low the middle is the second day ; of that the summer is the season. The 

 middle is the middle day. Of the middle day the rainy and the autumn are 

 the seasons. That which is above the middle day and below the head or last 

 day is the fourth day ; thereof the dewy is the reason. That which is the 

 head is the fifth day ; the season of this head is the winter. Thus verily 

 these regions, the year, and the soul constitute the Purushamedha. All 

 these regions, the whole year, the whole soul, the whole Purushamedha are 

 for the attainment and subjugation of every thing, f 



(Section 2.) 1. Now, whence the name Purushamedha ? These re- 

 gions verily are Pur, and He, the Purusha, who sanctifies this (Pur) sleeps 

 (sete) in this abode (Puri) and hence is he named Purusha (P^and sete = 

 Purusha). To him belongs whatever food exists in these regions ; that food 

 is (called) media ; and since his food is media, therefore is this Purusha- 

 medha. Now since in this (rite) purified males are sacrificed (dlallate,) 

 therefore verily is this a Purushamedha. J 



2. These (males) verily are sacrificed (dlallate) on the middle day. 

 The etherial region is the middle day ; the etherial region is verily the 

 abiding place of all living beings. These animals are verily food; the 

 middle day is the belly, and in that belly is that food deposited.§ 



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