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xv. 2- harlot, thunder the māgadhá, discernment the garment, day the turban, night the hair, yellow the two pravartás, kalmalí the jewel, f. ⌊26.⌋ both what is heard and what is heard abroad the two footmen, mind the ⌊rough vehicle, g. 27. Mātariçvan and Pavamāna the two drawers of the rough vehicle, the wind the charioteer, the whirlwind the goad, h. 28. both fame and glory the two forerunners: to him cometh fame, cometh glory, who knoweth thus.⌋

1. He stood a year erect; the gods said to him: Vrātya, why now standest thou?

2. He said: Let them bring together a settle ⌊āsandī́⌋ for me.

3. For that Vrātya they brought together a settle.

4. Of it, both summer and spring were two feet, both autumn and the rains [were] two.

5. Both bṛhát and rathaṁtará were the two length-wise [pieces], both yajñāyajñíya and vāmadevyá the two cross[-pieces].

6. The verses (ṛ́c) the forward cords (tántu), the sacrificial formulas (yájus) the cross ones.

7. The Veda the cushion (āstáraṇa), the bráhman the pillow (upabárhaṇa).