Satapatha Bramhana Part 02

SR No.: 007678
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1885
Total Pages: 2521
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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III KÂNDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 4.
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THIRD BRAHMANA. 1. He bargains for the king (Soma); and because he bargains for the king, therefore any and everything is vendible here. He says, “Soma-seller, is thy king Soma for sale?'-'He is for sale,' says the Soma-seller.--'I will buy him of thee I'—' Buy him!' says the Soma-seller.—' I will buy him of thee for one-sixteenth (of the cow).'— 'King Soma, surely, is worth more than that!' says the Soma-seller.— Yea, King Soma is worth more than that; but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow,' says the Adhvaryu.
2. 'From the cow (comes) fresh milk, from her boiled milk, from her cream, from her sour curds, from her sour cream, from her curdled milk, from her butter, from her ghee, from her clotted curds, from her whey :
3. I will buy him of thee for one hoof!!'-'King Soma, surely, is worth more than that l' says the Soma-seller.— Yea, King Soma is worth more than that, but great, surely, is the greatness of the cow,' replies the Adhvaryu; and, having (each time) enumerated the same ten virtues, he says, 'I will buy him of thee for one foot,'—'for half (the cow),'— 'for the cow!'-'King Soma has been bought !' says the Soma-seller,' name the kinds !'
4. He (the Adhvaryu) says, 'Gold is thine, a cloth is thine, a goat is thine, a milch cow is thine, a pair of kine is thine, three other (cows) are thine!' And because they first bargain and afterwards come to terms, therefore about any and everything that is for sale here, people first bargain and afterwards
* That is, for one-eighth of a cow, each foot consisting of two hoofs (or toes, sapha).
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