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72 knows this, saves the sacrifice, the sacrificer, and all the other priests). Therefore let a man make him who knows this his Brahman priest, not one who does not know it, who does not know it.

1. He who knows the oldest and the best becomes himself the oldest and the best. h indeed is the oldest and the best.

2. He who knows the richest, becomes himself the richest. h indeed is the richest.

3. He who knows the firm rest, becomes himself firm in this world and in the next. The e indeed is the firm rest.

4. He who knows success, his wishes succeed, both his divine and human wishes. The r indeed is success.

5. He who knows the home, becomes a home of his people. The d indeed is the home.

6. The five senses quarrelled together, who was the best, saying, I am better, I am better.