“Then, thirdly, let him worship on the day of the full moon the moon as it is seen in the east in the same manner, saying:  ’Thou art Soma, the king, the wise, the five-mouthed, the lord of creatures.  The Brahmana is one of thy mouths; with that mouth thou eatest the kings; make me an eater of food by that mouth!  The king is one of thy mouths; with that mouth thou eatest the people; make me an eater of food by that mouth!  The hawk is one of thy mouths; with that mouth thou eatest the birds; make me an eater of food by that mouth!  Fire is one of thy mouths; with that mouth thou eatest this world; make me an eater of food by that mouth!  In thee there is the fifth mouth; with that mouth thou eatest all beings; make me an eater of food by that mouth!  Do not decrease by our life, by our offspring, by our cattle; he who hates us and whom we hate, decrease by his life, by his offspring, by his cattle.  Thus I turn the turn of the god, I return the turn of Aditya.’  After these words, having raised the right arm, he lets it go again.

“Next, having addressed these prayers to Soma, when being with his wife, let him stroke her heart, saying:  ’O fair one, who hast obtained immortal joy by that which has entered thy heart through Pragapati, mayest thou never fall into sorrow about thy children.’  Her children then do not die before her.

“Next, if a man has been absent and returns home, let him kiss his son’s head, saying:  ’Thou springest from every limb, thou art born from the heart, thou, my son, art my self indeed:  live thou a hundred harvests.’  He gives him his name, saying:  ’Be thou a stone, be thou an axe, be thou solid gold; thou, my son, art light indeed:  live thou a hundred harvests.’  He pronounces his name.  Then he embraces him, saying:  ’As Pragapati the lord of creatures embraced his creatures for their welfare, thus I embrace thee,’ (pronouncing his name).  Then he mutters into his right ear, saying:  ‘O thou, quick Maghavan, give to him.’  ’O Indra, bestow thy best wishes’—­thus he whispers into his left ear.  Let him then thrice kiss his head, saying:  ’Do not cut off the line of our race, do not suffer.  Live a hundred harvests of life; I kiss thy head, O son, with thy name.’  He then thrice makes a lowing sound over his head, saying:  ‘I low over thee with the lowing sound of cows.’

“Next follows the Daiva Parimara, the dying around of the gods, the absorption of the two classes of gods, mentioned before, into prana or Brahman.  This Brahman shines forth indeed when the fire burns, and it dies when it burns not.  Its splendor goes to the sun alone, the life prana, the moving principle, to the air.

“This Brahman shines forth indeed when the sun is seen, and it dies when it is not seen.  Its splendor goes to the moon alone, the life to the air.

“This Brahman shines forth indeed when the moon is seen, and it dies when it is not seen.  Its splendor goes to the lightning alone, its life to the air.