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7 They anointed'^ the Man, the sacrifice® born at the beginning, upon the sacred grass.® With bim the gods, Sadhyas,^® and sages sacrificed. 8 From that sacrifice® in which everything was offered, the melted fat^ was collected, and he^ made it into those beasts who live in the air, in the forest, and in villages. 7 From that sacrifice in which everything was offered, the verses and chants were born, the metres were born from it, and from it the formulas were born.^ 10 Horses were born from it, and those other animals that have two rows of teeth;i^ cows were born from it, and from It goats and sheep were born. CREATION 11 When they divided the Man, into how many parts did they apporOdh him? What do they call his mouth, his two arms and thighs and feet? , 12 His mouth became the Brahmin; his arms were made mto the Warrior, his thighs the People, and from his feet the Servants were born.^® 1} The moon was bom from his mind; from his eye the sun was bom. Indra and Agm came from his mouth, and from'his vital breath the Wmd was born. 14 From his navel the middle realm of space arose; from his head the sky evolved. From his two feet came the earth, and the quarters of the sky from his ear. Thus they set the worlds m order. ij There were seven enclosmg-sticks^'^ for him, and thrice seven fuel-sticks, when the gods, spreadmg the sacrifice, bound the Man as the sacrifiaal beast. 16 With the sacrifice the gods sacrificed to the sacrifice,^® These were the first ritual laws.^® These very powers reached the dome of the sky where dwell the Sadhyas,^® the anaent gods.…