Verse 1.2.5.19

sa pratimārṣṭi | purā krūrasya visṛpo virapśinniti saṃgrāmo vai krūraṃ saṃgrāme hi krūraṃ kriyate hataḥ puruṣo hato'śvaḥ śete purā hyetatsaṃgrāmānnyadadhata tasmādāha purā krūrasya visṛpo virapśinnityudādāya pṛthivīṃ jīvadānumityudādāya hi yadasyai pṛthivyai jīvamāsīttaccandramasi nyadadhata tasmādāhodādāya pṛthivīṃ jīvadānumiti yāmairayaṃścandramasi svadhābhiriti yāṃ candramasi brahmaṇādadhurityevaitadāha tāmu dhīrāso anudiśya yajanta ityeteno ha tāmanudiśya yajante'pi ha vā asyaitāsmindevayajana iṣṭam bhavati ya evametadveda

Preview of English translation:

19. He smooths it down, with the text (Vajasaneyi Samhita I, 28): “Before the bloody (battle) with its rushings hither and thither, O mighty one!” the bloody one no doubt is the battle, for in battle bloody deeds are done, and slain lie man and horse; and before that battle they removed it (the altar to the moon); therefore he says, “Before the bloody (battle) with its rushings hither and thither, O mighty one!”—“lifting up the life-bestowing earth,” for after lifting up what was living on this earth, they removed it to the moon; therefore he says, “lifting  up the life-bestowing earth; which they raised to the moon by prayers,” 'which they placed in the moon by worship,' he thereby says,—“that (earth) the wise still point out and worship,” to that they accordingly address their worship; and the offering of him also who so understands this, is performed in that place of worship.

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