8 ff.).

It is said that man on earth fathers the fire (that is, protects it), and when he dies the fire that he has made his son on earth becomes his father, causing him to be reborn in heaven (_ib_.II.3.3.

3-5; VI.1.2.

26).
The wives of the gods _( dev[=a]n[=a]m patn[=i]r yajati)_, occasionally mentioned in the Rig Veda, have now an established place and cult apart from that of the gods (_ib_.

I.9.2.