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The fire entered the mouth in the form of speach, (a
figurative way of expression), the air entered the nostrils in the
form of
prana
(breath), the sun entered the eyes in the form of
sight, the quarters (directions) entered the ears in the form of
hearing, the medicinal herbs and vegetation (plants, trees etc.)
entered the skin in the form of hair, the moon entered 'the heart
in the form of mind, the death entered the navel in the form
of cipana
(the air that is exhaled), and the water entered the-
genital organ in the form of seed (semen).
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5. The hunger and thirst then spoke to God : "Please give
us also abode. God replied to them, "I shall give you abode
in, these very gods (fire, air ete.) and make you participatly-
therein''. And it is for this reason that when -any sacrificial
act is performed for any god and oblations are offered for the
purpose, verily; for that god; both hunger and. thirst participate
therein (i.e. on the offering).