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10. Or something else that belongs to the household.
11. (He then) should drive (in that chariot) to an assembly.
12. Having murmured, while looking at the sun, (the verse), Make our renown highest' (Rig-veda IV, 31, 15), he should descend.
13. “To the bull among my equals' (Rig-veda X, 166, 1)-(this verse he should murmur) while approaching (that assembly ?).
14. May we be called to-day Indra's best friends' (Rig-veda I, 167, 10)—when the sun is setting.
15. •Thus I address you, O daughters of heaven, while you arise' (Rig-veda IV, 51, 11)—when day appears.
KANDIKÂ 7. 1. Now the examination of the ground (where he intends to build a house).
2. (It must be) non-salinous soil of undisputed property,
3. With herbs and trees, 4. On which much Kusa and Virana grass grows.
5. Plants with thorns and with milky juice he should dig out with their roots and remove them
6. And in the same way the following (sorts of plants), viz.A pâmârga, potherbs, Tilvaka, Parivyâdha.
7. A spot where the waters, flowing together from all sides to the centre of it, flow round the restingplace, having it on their right side, and then Aow off to the east without noise-that possesses all auspicious qualities.
8. Where the waters flow off, he should have the provision-room built.
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