He sometimes recites sacred Mantras and sometimes becomes the god of those Mantras which are recited. He sometimes practises penances and sometimes becomes the god for whose adoration those penances are practised. He sometimes make gifts and sometimes receives those gifts; sometimes disposes himself in Yoga and sometimes becomes the object of the Yoga of others.
जपते जप्यते चैव तपते तप्यते पुनः। ददाति प्रतिगृह्णाति युञ्जते ध्यायतेऽपि च॥