“Lord,” Atharvan said, “the altar fire dies each night. We lay one stick, then another, but they burn separately and do not kindle the full flame of life.”
The great seer (eldest of the fire-priests) approached Prajapati, the Lord of Creatures. krishna yajur veda 7.4.19
The verse (often cited in the Taittirīya Saṃhitā ) deals with a ritual concerning the Vedī (sacrificial altar) and the placement of two kinds of fuel sticks ( samidhs ) — one from the Aśvattha (sacred fig) and one from Nyagrodha (banyan). The verse states that these two are placed together, and they are addressed as “twin-born” or “paired.” “Lord,” Atharvan said, “the altar fire dies each night
When the priests obeyed, the fire split into two weak flames that hissed at each other like enemies. The sacrifice failed. Crops withered. Rain stopped. The verse states that these two are placed