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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
does it twofold even while doing it in one! Now that which is the southern of the two front corners of that navel, so to say, which is in the middle of these (sides of the high altar)
11. On that he pours ghee, with the text (Våg. S. V, 12), 'Thou art a lioness, Hail!' Then on the northern of the two back corners with, 'Thou art a lioness, winning the Adityass, Hail!' Then on the southern of the two back corners with, 'Thou art a lioness, winning the Brahman, winning the Kshatra, Hail!' Manifold, verily, is the prayer for blessing in the sacrificial texts : by this one he prays for the Brahman (priesthood) and the Kshatra (nobility), those two vital forces.
12. Then on the northern of the front corners with, 'Thou art a lioness, winning abundant offspring, winning growth of wealth, Hail! In that he says, 'winning abundant offspring,' he prays for offspring; and in that he says, 'winning growth of wealth'- growth of wealth meaning abundance-he prays for abundance.
13. He then pours ghee into the middle with, 'Thou art a lioness, bring thou hither the gods for the sacrificer! Hail!' whereby he causes the gods to be brought to the sacrificer. He then raises the offering-spoon with, 'To the
Viz. by pouring the ghee cross-wise on the corners of the navel' of the altar.
• The south-east is sacred to Agni, the north-west to Vâyu.
* Because the Âdityas brought her as a Dakshina, Kanva rec.; cf. III, 5, 1, 18.
• But for the lack of a demonstrative pronoun with asih one would like to take the passage thus: Plenteous, forsooth, is this prayer for blessing among sacrificial texts : he thereby prays for the priesthood and the nobility.' Cf. I, 2, 1, 7.
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