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This is the truth: the sacrificial works which they (the poets) saw in the hymns (of the Veda) have been performed in…
When the fire is lighted and the flame flickers, let a man offer his oblations between the two portions of melted but…
If a man's Agnihotra sacrifice is not followed by the new-moon and full-moon sacrifices, by the four-months' sacrific…
Kâlî (black), Karâlî (terrific), Manogavâ (swift as thought), Sulohitâ (very red), Sudhûmravarnâ (purple), Sphulingin…
If a man performs his sacred works when these flames are shining, and the oblations follow at the right time, then th…
Come hither, come hither! the brilliant oblations say to him, and carry the sacrificer on the rays of the sun, while …
But frail, in truth, are those boats, the sacrifices, the eighteen, in which this lower ceremonial has been told. Foo…
Fools dwelling in darkness, wise in their own conceit, and puffed up with vain knowledge, go round and round staggeri…
Children, when they have long lived in ignorance, consider themselves happy. Because those who depend on their good w…
Considering sacrifice and good works as the best, these fools know no higher good, and having enjoyed (their reward) …
But those who practise penance and faith in the forest, tranquil, wise, and living on alms, depart free from passion …
Let a Brâhmana, after he has examined all these worlds which are gained by works, acquire freedom from all desires. N…
To that pupil who has approached him respectfully, whose thoughts are not troubled by any desires, and who has obtain…