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I ÂRANYAKA, 2 ADHYAYA, 4 KHANDA, 17.
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11. He who knows this, gets offspring and cattle. • 12. Next the swing is food, the seat fortune. Thus he mounts and obtains food and fortune.
13. The Hotrakas (the Prasastri, Brahmanakkhamsin, Potri, Neshtri, Agntdhra, and Akkhåvåka) together with the Brahman sit down on cushions made of grass, reeds, leaves, &c.
14. Plants and trees, after they have grown up, bear fruit. Thus if the priests mount on that day altogether (on their seats), they mount on solid and fluid as their proper food. Therefore this serves for the attainment of solid as proper food 1.
15. Some say: 'Let him descend after saying vashat' That is not to be regarded. For, verily, that respect is not shown which is shown to one who does not see it 8.
16. Others say: 'Let him descend after he has taken the food in his hand. That is not to be regarded. For, verily, that respect is not shown which is shown to one after he has approached quite close.
17. Let him descend after he has seen the food. For, verily, that is real respect which is shown to one when he sees it. Only after having actually
1 One expects ishah before Argah, but it is wanting in both text and commentary, and in other MSS. also.
? The word by which the Hotri invites the Adhvaryu to offer the oblation to the gods. The descending from the swing belongs, i of course, to a later part of the sacrifice.
It is supposed that the Hotri rises from the swing to show respect to the sacrificial food, when it is brought near. But as it is not brought near, immediately after the Hotri has finished his part with the word vashat, the food could not see the Hotri rise, and this mark of respect, intended for the food, would thus be lost.
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| SR No. | 007670 |
| Book Title | Upnishad |
| 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 |