Adhyāya 24: Aśvamedha, continued

BoBflE, hornless goat, Gom^iga, these belong to Prajapati. A black-uecked goat, devoted to Agni, ( is to be bound ) iu front to the forehead ( of the horse ) ; Sarasvatf s ewe below his jaws ; two goats belongiug to the Asvins, with marks on the lower parts of the body, to his fore-legs ; a dark-coloured goat, Soma's and Piishan's, to his navel ; a

The red goat, the smoky -red, the jujube-red, these belong to

BrigfU'tailcd: * goat ' is to be understood with this and similar epithetit

Goats speckled, transversely speckled, upward speckled a?e

Parti-coloured female victims belong to the All-Oods ; red*

Black-necked victims for Agni ; white browed for the Vasns;

The tall goat, the sturdy, the dwarf, these are Indra-Vfsh'

Variegated, Indra-Agni's ; two-coloured, Agni-Soma's ; dwarf

Black-necked ones, Agni's ; brown, Somfi's ; white, V4yu*s ;

Black ones for Earth; smoke^loured for Firmament; tall

Smoke-coloured ones he sacrifioes to Spring; white to

Four year old steei-s to Vir4j ; full grown bulls to B^ihatt ;

Black-neo'ked vktinw sacred ta Agni ; brown fa Soma ; spott-

Called conte^ponary^ the dapplefd belong to ludrct-Agui;

To Agni foremost in place he sacrifices fir&tling go^ts ; to

Called contemporaneous, the dappled belonging to Indra-

Hiree classes of Fathers are here mentioned ; the Somavantal^ the Barhisliadah^ and the Aguish vftbMbv Tryambaka: a name* of Radra. See III 58. noter.

Called contemporaneous, the dappled belong to Suna and

To Spring he offers Kapinjataa ; to Summer sparrows ; to

To the Sea he sacrifices porpoises ; to Parjanya frogs ; to

To Agni he gjierifices eoeks; to Vananpatie owls ; to Agni- Souia blue Jays; to ti^e Afvius peacocks ; to Mitra-Varuna pjgeoiis.

To Day he s^-crifices doves ; to Night Sichipus ; to the Joints of Day aud Night bats ; to the Months gailiimles ; to the Year great eagles.

Sddhjfog: meaning, probably^ * those who are to be propitiated.* According to Y&ska ' tJae Gods who8«^ dweUing-place is t\\e sky.' In the Amoraku^ha tUey ate named auiong the minor deities, but they seem rather to be the most ancient of the Gods. Nyahku...Ktdihga: the species have not beeu identi^ed.

i§1m: Lord, Buler ; one of the names or titles of Rudra. Wild astes : or. perhaps, wild buffaloes, the exact animal intended being uncertain,

To Praj4pati he sacrifices men elephants ; to Vslk white ants ; to Sight flies ; to fj[earing black bees.

Kshipragf/ena : perhaps Swift Falcon, ^ilahgu; said to be a species of worm ; perhaps a tape-worm.

The Kinnara belongs fo Prajapati ; the Ula, thie Hali^ahna,

To Soma an antelope is to be oflfered ; wild goat, mttngoose,

The eagle is Paijanya's ; the Iti, the V&hasft, the wood-

The buck belongs to the Moon ; iguana, Kilak^, woodpecker,

The Black-doe belongs to Day ; frog, female rat, partridge,

To the Vaau^j he sacrifices bjaek-bucks ; to the Rudras stags ;

To Isana he sacrifices wild asses; to Mitra Gauras; to Varuna

The white animal belongs to the Adityas ; the camel, the

The Khan^ya is the All-Gods* ; the black dog, the long-eared,

The female crane is Sikrya's; Sirga, Srijaya, Say^ndaka, these are Mitra's ; to Sarasvatl belongs the human-voiced Maina; to Ground the porcupine; tiger, wolf, Tiper be- long to Passion ; to SarasTsln the human- voiced parrot*