In English
Thus, you attain immortality only out of sacrifice (). It is for this reason that all the and other rituals in this country have been intended to symbolise sacrifice. These are not undertaken just for their own sake. They have a definite purpose of promoting divine strength. Once upon a time even the lost the spirit of sacrifice. It was then realised that the of the could not be in their place and the goddess of the yajna took the form of a deer and left the place. The form of a deer is called the form of a . When the goddess of yajna took the form of a deer and left the place, the could not bear this and so they also followed this animal. The wanted to get the deer but they were unable to do so. They could get hold of the skin of the deer and so they brought back the skin. In the skin of the deer, there are three colours, namely (white), (dark), and (brown). These three colours have been identified with the , , and . This is the reason why the master of ceremonies in a yajna sits on a deer skin. This is symbolic of the fact that the ceremony represents God, and thereby they want to get God’s grace. Since God likes and manthra, our have regarded the skin of the deer as something which is pleasing to the Lord. It was their belief that God is pleased with the deer skin and therefore by having the deer skin with them they thought that they would please God and obtain His grace.