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, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 18.
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beings thee! Hail!'-beings meaning offspringhe thereby means to say, 'To offspring thee!'
14. He then lays the enclosing-sticks' round (the navel); with the text (Vâg. S. V, 13), “Thou art firm, steady thou the earth!' the middle one; with, Thou art firmly settled, steady thou the air!' the right one; with, 'Thou art immovably settled, steady thou the sky!' the left one. With, 'Thou art Agni's provision' he throws the 'equipments' upon (the high altar). Wherefore are the equipments ?—for Agni's completeness.
15. The pine-wood, namely, is his body> : hence in that there are enclosing-sticks of pine-wood, thereby he supplies him with a body, makes him whole.
16. And the bdellium, forsooth, is his flesh: hence in that there is bdellium, thereby he supplies him with flesh, makes him whole.
17. And the fragrant reed-grass (sugandhi-tegana), forsooth, is his fragrance : hence in that there is fragrant reed-grass, thereby he supplies him with fragrance, makes him whole.
18. And as to why there is a wether's hair-tuft,Agni, forsooth, dwelt once for one night between the two horns of a wether: 'Whatever of Agni's nature is inherent therein, let that be here too, so he thinks, and therefore there is a wether's hair-tuft. Let him, therefore, cut off that (tuft) which is nearest to the head, and bring it; and if he be unable to procure that, let him bring any kind (of wether's hair). And why there are enclosing-sticks?--for the
* They are of pîtudáru (Pinus Deodora) wood, a span (of thumb and fore-finger) long.
* The Kanva text makes it his bones.
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