Valmiki

“ For wandering fiends, whose watchful spite
Waits eagerly to spoil each rite,
Hunting with keenest eye detect
The slightest slip, the least neglect;
And when the sacred work is crossed
The workman is that moment lost. ”

“ In lovelier hues appear.
↑ The Hindu year is divided into six seasons of two months each, spring, summer, rains, autumn, winter, and dews.↑ It was essential that the horse should wander free for a year before immolation as a sign that his masters paramount sovereignty was acknowledged by all neighbouring princes. ”