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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
special desire), let him recite seventeen kindling verses; (and in that case) he utters the offeringprayer (yâgya) in a low voice, for this is the characteristic form of an ishti; the yâgyâ and the anuvâkyâ should contain the word 'head2;' the two butter-portions should be offered to the Vritra-slayer (Indra); and the two sam yâgyâss should be in the virág metre.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. Tva shtri had a three-headed, six-eyed son. He had three mouths; and because he was thus shaped, his name was Visvarupa ('All-shape').
2. One of his mouths was Soma-drinking, one spirit-drinking, and one for other kinds of food. Indra hated him and cut off those heads of his.
3. Now from the one which was Soma-drinking, a hazel-cock (francoline partridge) sprang forth; whence the latter is of brownish colour, for king Soma is brown.
4. From the one which was spirit-drinking, further, a sparrow sprang; whence the latter talks as if stammering, for he who has drunk spirits, talks as if he stammered.
5. Then from the one which served for other kinds of food, a partridge sprang; whence the latter
See 1, 3, 5, 10. * For these verses, the first of which begins · Agni is the head of the sky,' see Vâg. S. XIII, 14 and 15.
That is, the yâgyâ (offering-prayer) and puro'nuvâkyâ (invitatory prayer) at the Svishtakrit, or oblation to Agni, as the maker of good offering, at the end of the chief oblations. The two virág formulas are Rig-veda VII, 1, 3 (Våg. XVII, 76; Taitt. S. IV, 6, 5, 4) preddho agne dîdihi, and Rig-veda VII, 1, 18 (Taitt. S. IV, 3, 13, 6) imo agne. Cf. Ait. Br. I, 5.
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| SR No. | 007674 |
| Book Title | Dhammapada |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Max Muller |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1881 |
| Total Pages | 2540 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 45 MB |