He takes a portion for the Agnidh; thus he delights the seasons. He takes a kindling-stick, for the support of the subsequent offerings; thus he pours on that which has a kindling-stick. He rubs the enclosing-sticks; thus he purifies them. He rubs each once, for the sacrifice there is as it were turned away. It makes up four, cattle are four-footed; thus he wins cattle. "O scholar, will we set out?" he says; there indeed is the sacrifice placed, where the scholar is; where the sacrifice is placed, thence does he commence it. If he were to instigate him with his hand, he would shiver; if with his head, he would have a headache; if he were to sit in silence, the sacrifice would not proceed; he should say, "Set out! In speech the sacrifice is placed; where the sacrifice is placed, thence does he bestow it." "O God the Light-giver, that He has proclaimed to thee," he says, for impelling. "The Lord of Prayer is the scholar," he says, for he is fullest of the holy power. "Do thou guard the sacrifice, guard the lord of the sacrifice, guard me," he says; for the sacrifice, the sacrificer, and himself, for these he thus invokes a blessing, to prevent misfortune. Having caused him to call out, he says, "Utter the verse for sacrifice." The theologians say, "The offerings have been made; to whom?" "The metres," he should reply, "Gayatri, Tristubh, and Jagati." Then they say, "The metres are the scholars"; thus he sacrifices to them. "This has been glorious, sky and earth," he should say; thus he makes the sacrificer attain the blessing of the sacrifice. "We have won the utterance of prayer and homage," he says; "we have won this," he says in effect. "It rests on sky and earth," he says, for the sacrifice rests on the sky and earth. "Helpful for thee in this sacrifice, O sacrificer, be sky and earth," he says; thus he invokes this blessing. "Easy of approach, and easy to move on," he should say; thus he invokes for him a wider sphere, and he is not likely to perish. "The angels we have sacrificed to, we have made them to prosper," he says in effect. If he were not to indicate the sacrificer, the blessing of the sacrifice would go to his neighbour. "This sacrificer implores a blessing, N. N.," he says; thus by indicating him he makes him attain the world of heaven. "He implores length of days, he implores a noble offspring," he says; thus he invokes this blessing. "He implores superiority over his equals," he says; his equals are the breaths; thus he does not obstruct his breaths. "Here is the path of favour, and this our homage to God," he says; to both those whom he sacrifices to and those to whom he does not sacrifice, he pays homage, for his own security.