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1987 Munshiram Manoharlal reprint of Griffith's translation of the White Yajurveda (ISBN 8121500478), VSM 23.14-20, the "queen's ceremony" of the Ashvamedha.

After Griffith's "the queen begins the performance of the revolting ceremony", a sanitized "translation" of VSM 23.20 due to Dayananda Sarasvati (Introduction to the commentry on the Vedas, 1981, p. 452) is inserted by the editor.

VS.23.20.a: taá ubháu catúra.h padá.h samprá saarayaava svargé loké prór.nuvaathaa.m v.ŕ.saa vaajií retodhaá réto dadhaatu

"The king and his subjects in unison, magnify the four stages of Dharma, Arth, Kama, Moksha, wherewith they reside happily in their country. The king, the chastiser of the wicked, full of knowledge, the possessor [of strength and prowess, lends valour to his subjects.]"

leaving the uninformed reader to wonder what is "revolting" about it (the actual translation, "then they both spread out on four feet, are in heavenly bliss; veiled, the potent stallion, the semen-giver, shall give semen" refers to the mock coitus between the sacrificed horse and the queen.)

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