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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I ÅRANYAKA, 4 ADHYAYA, 1 KHANDA, 4.
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FOURTH ADHYÂYA.
First KHANDA. 1. Next comes the Sadadohas 1 verse. Sadadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.
2. Next follow the neck verses. They recite them as Ushnih, according to their metre 2.
3. Next comes (again) the Sadadohas verse. Sadadohas is breath, and thereby he joins all joints with breath.
4. Next follows the head. That is in Gâyatri verses. The Gâyatri is the beginning of all metres"; the head the first of all members. It is in Arkavat verses (Rv. I, 7, 1-9). Arka is Agni. They are nine verses. The head consists of nine pieces. He recites the tenth verse, and that is the skin and the hairs on the head. It serves for reciting one verse more than (the nine verses contained in) the Stoma 6.
The Nishkevalya-sastra is represented in the shape of a bird, consisting of trunk, neck, head, vertebrae, wings, tail, and stomach. Before describing the hymns which form the neck, another hymn has to be mentioned, called Sadadohas, which has to be recited at the end of the hymns, described before, which form the trunk. Sadadohas is explained as yielding milk,' and because that word occurs in the verse, the verse is called Sadadohas. It follows on the Nada verse, Rv. VIII, 69, 3. Cf. Ait. Âr. I, 5, 1, 7.
? They occur in another sâkhâ, and are to be recited such as they are, without any insertions. They are given by Saunaka, Ait. Àr. V, 2, 1.
3 It was created from the mouth of Pragâpati. • They are called so, because the word arka occurs in them.
6 The chanters of the Sama-veda make a Trivrit Stoma of this hymn, without any repetitions, leaving out the tenth verse. The reciters of the Rig-veda excel them therefore by reciting a tenth verse. This is called atisamsanam (or -na).
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