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The head of the sacrificial horse is the dawn, its eye the sun, its vital force the air, its open mouth the fire called Vaiśvānara, and the body of the sacrificial horse is the year. Its back is heaven, its belly the sky, its hoof the earth, its sides the four quarters, its ribs the intermediate quarters, its members the seasons, its joints the months and fortnights, its feet the days and nights, its bones the stars and its flesh the clouds. Its half-digested food is the sand, its blood-vessels the rivers, its liver and spleen the mountains, its hairs the herbs and trees. Its forepart is the ascending sun, its hind part the descending sun, its yawning is lightning, its shaking the body is thundering, its making water is raining, and its neighing is voice.




  • uṣā

    उषा
  • वा
  • aśvasya

    अश्वस्य
  • medhyasya

    मेध्यस्य
  • śiraḥ

    शिरः
  • sūryaścakṣuḥ

    सूर्यश्चक्षुः
  • vātaḥ

    वातः
  • prāṇaḥ

    प्राणः
  • vyāttamagnirvaiśvānaraḥ

    व्यात्तमग्निर्वैश्वानरः
  • saṃvatsara

    संवत्सर
  • ātmāśvasya

    आत्माश्वस्य
  • medhyasya

    मेध्यस्य
  • dyauḥ

    द्यौः
  • pṛṣṭham

    पृष्ठम्
  • antarikṣamudaram

    अन्तरिक्षमुदरम्
  • pṛthivī

    पृथिवी
  • pājasyam

    पाजस्यम्
  • diśaḥ

    दिशः
  • pārśve

    पार्श्वे
  • avāntaradiśaḥ

    अवान्तरदिशः
  • parśavaḥ

    पर्शवः
  • ṛtavo'ṅgāni

    ऋतवोऽङ्गानि
  • māsāścārdhamāsāśca

    मासाश्चार्धमासाश्च
  • parvāṇi

    पर्वाणि
  • ahorātrāṇi

    अहोरात्राणि
  • pratiṣṭhāḥ

    प्रतिष्ठाः
  • nakṣatrāṇyasthīni

    नक्षत्राण्यस्थीनि
  • nabho

    नभो
  • māṃsāni

    मांसानि
  • ūvadhyaṃ

    ऊवध्यं
  • sikatāḥ

    सिकताः
  • sindhavo

    सिन्धवो
  • gudāḥ

    गुदाः
  • yakṛcca

    यकृच्च
  • klomānaśca

    क्लोमानश्च
  • parvatāḥ

    पर्वताः
  • oṣadhayaśca

    ओषधयश्च
  • vanaspatayaśca

    वनस्पतयश्च
  • lomāni

    लोमानि
  • udyan

    उद्यन्
  • pūrvārdhȧḥ

    पूर्वार्धाः
  • nimlocañjaghanārdhaḥ

    निम्लोचञ्जघनार्धः
  • yadvijṛmbhate

    यद्विजृम्भते
  • tadvidyotate

    तद्विद्योतते
  • yadvidhūnute

    यद्विधूनुते
  • tatstanayati

    तत्स्तनयति
  • yanmehati

    यन्मेहति
  • tadvarṣati

    तद्वर्षति
  • vāgevāsya

    वागेवास्य
  • vāk

    वाक्