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35. They who, burned with fire, [and] who, not burned with fire, revel on svadhā́ in the midst of heaven—them thou knowest, if thine, O Jātavedas; let them enjoy with svadhā́ the sacrifice, the svádhiti.

36. Burn (tap) thou propitiously (çám); do not burn overmuch; O Agni, do not burn the body; be thy vehemence (çúṣma) in the woods; on the earth be what is thy violence (háras).

37. I give this release to him who hath thus come and hath become mine here—thus replies the knowing Yama—let this one approach (upa-sthā) my wealth here.

38. This measure do we measure, so that one may not measure further; in a hundred autumns, not before.

That is, that there be no more such measuring for any of us till his hundred years of life are full. The comm. understands yáthā ná mā́sātāi ⌊Gram. § 893 a⌋ as yathā mā