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94 Free from desire, and thou shalt well perform

Thy heavenly purpose. Spake Prajapati In the beginning, when all men were made,

And, with mankind, the sacrifice—Do this! Work! Sacrifice! Increase and multiply

With sacrifice! This shall be Kamadhuk, Your 'Cow of Plenty', giving back her milk

Of all abundance. Worship the gods thereby; The gods shall yield ye grace. Those meats ye crave

The gods will grant to Labour, when it pays Tithes in the altar-flame. But if one eats

Fruits of the earth, rendering to kindly heaven, No gift of toil, that thief steals from his world."

Who eat of food after their sacrifice Are quit of fault, but they that spread a feast