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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
falls not a prey to his enemies: let him therefore not quarrel.
4. They said, 'Well then, let us contrive so that this (concord) of ours shall be for ever imperishable!
5. The gods laid down together their favourite forms and desirable powers ?, one after another, and said, 'Thereby he shall be away from us, he shall be scattered to the winds, whosoever shall transgress this (covenant) of ours!'- Whose (is it) as witness 3?' — Tanûnapât, the mighty!' - Now the mighty Tanûnapät indeed is yonder blowing (wind), he is the witness of living beings, entering thus as the in-breathing and out-breathing.
6. Wherefore they say, 'The gods know the mind of man.' In his mind he proposes; it passes on to the breath, and the breath to the wind, and the wind tells the gods what the mind of man is.
7. Hence it was in regard to this what was said by the Rishi, 'In his mind he proposeth, and it goeth on to the wind 4; and the wind telleth the gods what thy mind is, O man.'
8. The gods laid down together their favourite forms and desirable powers, and said, 'Thereby he shall be away from us, he shall be scattered to the winds, whosoever shall transgress this (covenant) of ours!' And even now the gods do not transgress that (covenant), for how would they fare, were they
* Literally, cut off together, part by part.' ? Or, attributes, resources,' dhâmâni.'
. Kasya upadrashtur; the Kânva text has, Tasya nah ka upadrashtâ, who (shall be) the witness of this (covenant) of ours?'
• Cp. Atharva-veda XII, 4, 31,'In his mind he proposes and it goes forth to the gods.'
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| 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 |