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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AITAREYA-ARANYAKA.
VIII, 89, 1) (the word brihat occurs). Verily, brihat is mahat (great), and as endowed with mahat, the form of this day is perfect.
13. In (the Pragatha) nakih sudâso ratham pary âsa na riramad (Rv. VII, 32, 10) the words paryasa (he moved round) and na rframad (he did not enjoy) occur, and as endowed with the words paryasta and rânti the form of this day is perfect 1
He recites all (these) Pragathas, in order to obtain all the days (of the sacrifice), all the Ukthas?, all the Prishthas, all the Sastras 4, all the Pra-ugas ®, and all the Savanas (libations).
SECOND KHANDA. 1. He recites the hymn, asat su me garitah sâbhivegah (Rv. X, 27, 1), (and in it the word) satyadhvritam, the destroyer of truth. Verily, that day
1 Because the performance of the Mahâvrata sacrifice moves the worshipper round to another world and gives him enjoyment. Comm. It is difficult to surpass the absurdity of these explanations. Na rîramat means no one stopped the chariot of Sudás. But even if it meant that no one rejoiced through the chariot of Sudâs, it would be difficult to see how the negative of enjoyment, mentioned in the hymn, could contribute to the perfection of a sacrifice which is to confer positive enjoyment on the worshipper.
The stotras following after the Yagpayagõiya Saman, serving for the ukthya-kratus.
3 The stotras of the noon-libation, to be performed with the Rathantara, Brihat, and other Såmans. • The sastras, recitations, accompanying the oblations of a gya.
The pra-ugas, a division of sastras, described above.
The type after which the Marutvatîya-sastra is to be performed is the Katurvimsa day. Hitherto (from a två ratham to nakih sudása/), all that is taken over from the type to the modification, i. e. the Marutvatiya, has been explained. Now follow the verses which are new and peculiar to the Marutvatîya of the Mahâvrata.
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