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1. having addressed (the dead horse) with gaṇānāṁ tvā gaṇapatim…¹ interwines the legs (with her own) with ahaṁ syām tvaṁ syāḥ….

2. She stretches the feet (of her and of the horse) with tau saha….¹

3. After the Adhvaryu has covered the chief queen and the horse by means of a linen garment¹ with subhage kāmpīlyavāsini…,² he addresses (both of them) with vr̥ṣā vām….³

4. After (the Adhvaryu) has connected her genital organ with the genital organ (of the horse) with utsakthyor gr̥daṁ dhehi…,¹ the chief queen censures the horse with ambe ambālyambike….²

5. The (other) wives censure with ārdhvāmenāmutcchrayatāt….¹

6. The chief queen censures thrice; the (other) wives cen sure with the each next verse.¹

7. After all have muttered a verse containing the word surabhi, beginning with dadhikrāvṇo akāriṣam,¹ then after they have cleasend themselves with the Āpohiṣṭhīyā verses², the chief queen arranges the paths for the knife by means of golden needles upto the chest with the two verses beginning with gāyatri triṣṭubh³; in the same way the beloved queen by means of silver needles from the chest upto the navel with the next two verses⁴; in the same way the discarded queen by means of cop per or lead needles the remaining (part of the body of the horse) with the next two verses.⁵

8. They prepare the paths of knife (in the bodies) of the hornless he-goat and of the Gomr̥ga silently.

9. (The slaughterer) cuts the skin of the horse with kastvā chyati kastvā viśāsti….¹

चन्द्रं नाम मेदः। तदुद्धरति॥१०॥ 10. There is fat called Candra (in the body of a horse). He extracts it.¹

11. There is no omentum of a horse.¹

12. He extracts (the omenta) of the other animals.

13. Having cut the (right) ear (of the horse) he adds it to the Tryaṅga-s.¹

14. The horse does not have a guda (rectum?).

15. After the omenta are cooked (the Adhvaryu) places them on the northern side upon (the built up) Agni (-citi) on the reed-branch-(Here) he places the omenta of the horse , the hornless goat and the Gomr̥ga.