HORSE, hornless goat, Gomriga, these belong to Prajâpati.

A black-necked goat, devoted to Agni, (is to be bound)

in front to the forehead (of the horse); Sarasvatî’s ewe below his jaws; two goats belonging to the Asvins, with marks on the lower parts of the body, to his fore-legs; a dark-coloured goat, Soma’s and Pûshan’s, to his navel; a white and a black, sacred to Soma and Varna, to his sides;

Tvashtar’s two, with bushy tails, to his hind feet; Vâyu’s white goat to his tail; for Indra the Good Worker a cow who slips her calf; a dwarf belonging to Vishnu.

2The red goat, the smoky-red, the jujube-red, these belong to Soma. The brown, the ruddy-brown, the parrot-brown, these are Varuna’s. One with white ear holes, one with partly white, one with wholly white, belong to Savitar. One with fore feet white, partly white, wholly white, belongs to Brihaspati. She goats speckled, with small spots, with big spots, these belong to Mitra-Varuna.

3The bright-tailed, the wholly bright-tailed, the jewel-tailed, these belong to the Asvins. The white, the white-eyed, the reddish, these are for Rudra Lord of Beasts. Long-eared goats are for Yama; proud ones for Rudra; cloud-coloured ones for Parjanya.

4Goats speckled, transversely speckled, upward speckled are for the Maruts. The reddish she-goat, the red-haired, the white, these belong to Sarasvatî. The goat with diseased ears, the short-eared, the red eared are Tvashtar’s. The black-necked, the white-flanked, one with bright-coloured thighs belong to Indra and Agni. Those with black marks, small marks, large marks belong to Dawn.

5Parti-coloured female victims belong to the All-Gods; red-coloured, eighteen mouths old to Vâk; victims without distinguishing marks to Aditi; those of one same colour to Dhâtar; weaned kids sacred to the Consorts of the Gods.

6Black-necked victims for Agni; white browed for the Vasus; red for Rudra; bright ones for the Âdityas; cloud-coloured for Parjanya.

7The tall goat, the sturdy, the dwarf, these are Indra-Vishnu’s; the tall, the white fore-footed, the black-backed, Indra-Brihaspati’s; parrot-coloured the Vâjins’; speckled Agni-Maruts’; dark-coloured Pûshan’s.

8Variegated, Indra-Agni’s; two-coloured, Agni-Soma’s; dwarf oxen, Agni-Vishnu’s; barren cows, Mitra-Varuna’s; partly variegated, Mitra’s.

9Black-necked ones, Agni’s; brown, Soma’s; white, Vâyu’s; undistinguished, Aditi’s; self-coloured, Dhâtar’s; weanlings, the Gods’ Consorts’.

10Black ones for Earth; smoke-coloured for Firmament; tall ones for Sky; brindled ones for Lightning; blotched ones for Stars.

11Smoke-coloured ones he sacrifices to Spring; white to Summer; black to the Rains; red ones to Autumn; speckled to Winter; reddish-yellow to the Dewy Season.

12Calves eighteen months old to Gâyatrî; steers of two and a half years to Trishtup; two year old steers to Jagatî; three year olds to Anushtup; four year olds to Ushnih.

13Four year old steers to Virâj; full grown bulls to Brihatî; strong bulls to Kakup; draught oxen to Pankti; milch-cows to Atichhandas.

14Black-necked victims sacred to Agni; brown to Soma; spotted to Savitar; weaned she-kids to Sarasvatî; dark-coloured goats to Pûshan; speckled victims to the Maruts;