Upnishad

SR No.: 007670
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1879
Total Pages: 1835
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 35 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
10. Here now they say, 'If the fire is not set up with either a rik-verse, or a sâman, or a yagus, wherewith then is it set up?' Verily, that (fire) is of the brahman: with the brahman it is set up. The brahman is speech : of that speech it is. The brahman is the truth, and the truth consists in those same (three) mystic utterances : hence his (fire) is established by means of he truth.
11. Verily, with 'bhůh (earth)!' Pragâpati generated this (earth)"; with 'bhuvah (ether)!' the ether; with 'svah (heaven)!' the sky. As far as these (three) worlds extend, so far extends this universe : with the universe it (the fire) is accordingly established.
12. With 'bhah !' Pragåpati generated the Brahman (priesthood); with 'bhuvah !' the Kshatra (nobility); with 'svah!' the Vis (the common people). As much as are the Brahman, the Kshatra, and the Vis, so much is this universe: with the universe it (the fire) is accordingly established.
13. With 'bhah!' Pragâpati generated the Self; with 'bhuvah!' the (human) race; with 'svah!' the animals (pasu). As much as are the Self, the (human) race, and the animals, so much is this universe: with the universe it (the fire) is accordingly established.
14. 'Bhûr bhuvah!' this much he utters while laying down the Gârhapatya fire; for if he were to lay it down with all (three words), wherewith should he lay down the Åhavaniya ? Two syllables
i Compare XI, 1, 6, 3.
? Viz. svah, pronounced su-vah. In laying down the Gårhapatya he utters the first two words, consisting of three syllables ; and in laying down the Āhavaniya he pronounces all three words, consisting of five syllables.
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