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varunasya," (and having with the prayer) " Varuna come hither, ma vest 

 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) Gayatri. 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 r 

 (the deity) Nirriti, (the metre) G-ayatri. 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) G-ayatri. 

 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), " tamicanani," etc. (R. V. I. 89, 5) (whose Rishi 

 is) G-autama, (whose deity is) Icana, (whose metre is) Jagati. Having 

 brought Icana by muttering " tamicanam," etc. (and) " Icana 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 Icana the twelve A'dityas (with this 

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

 Matsya, (whose deities are) the twelve A'dityas, (whose metre is the) 

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





