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III KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 23.
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Hence a white horse is the sacrificial fee for the Sadyahkri.
20. On the front of this (horse) there is a golden ornament, whereby it is made an image of him that burns yonder.
21. Now Vâk was angry with them: 'In what respect, forsooth, is that one better than 1,-wherefore is it, that they should have accepted him and not me??' So saying she went away from them. Having become a lioness she went on seizing upon (everything 2) between those two contending parties, the gods and the Asuras. The gods called her to them, and so did the Asuras. Agni was the messenger of the gods, and one Saharakshas for the Asura-Rakshas.
22. Being willing to go over to the gods, she said, What would be mine, if I were to come over to you?'- The offering shall reach thee even before (it reaches) Agni. She then said to the gods, Whatsoever blessing ye will invoke through me, all that shall be accomplished unto you!' So she went over to the gods.
23. And, accordingly, when he pours ghee on the high altar, while the fire is held (over it)—since the gods said to her on that occasion, 'The offering shall reach thee even before Agni'--then that offering does reach her even before (it reaches) Agni; for this (high altar) is in reality Vâk. And when he raises
1 The Kânva text reads, Na mad esha kena kana sreyân iti na bandhunâ na kena kana katham etam pragrihniyur na mâm iti; "That one is not my superior by anything, not by kinship, not by anything, why should they accept him and not me?'
. Adadana kakara=gighatsaya samipastham sarvam svíkurvati, Sây. • See III, 5, 2, 9-11.
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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 |