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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II ADHYAYA, 14 KHANDA, 8.
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svåhå !?-having thus offered the oblations belonging to those deities,
5. He then shall offer Balis (i.e. portions of food) in the centre of the floor to the same deities; (then another Bali with the words,) 'Adoration to Brahman and to the Brâhmanas !' and (with the verse),
Vâstoshpati, accept us' (Rig-veda VII, 54, 1) in the centre of the floor to Vastoshpati.
6. He then distributes Balis, from the left to the right, through the different quarters (of the horizon, to the presiding deities) in due order (with the words),
7. ‘Adoration to Indra and to those belonging to Indra! Adoration to Yama and to those belonging to Yama! Adoration to Varuna and to those belonging to Varuna! Adoration to Soma and to those belonging to Soma! Adoration to Brihaspati and to those belonging to Brihaspati !'
8. Then (turned) towards the disk of the sun, 'Adoration to Aditi and to the Âdityas! Adoration
5. He shall offer a Bali to those deities, i. e. to those ten deities to whom he has sacrificed, to Agni, &c. (see Sütra 4), addressing them with the word, “Adoration (to such and such a deity') because in the other cases the word " adoration” (namah) has been prescribed for the Bali. Narayana.
6, 7. The distribution of Balis begins in the east, which is the part of the horizon sacred to Indra; it then proceeds to the south, the west, the north, which are sacred respectively to Yama, Varuna, and Soma. Finally the Bali belonging to Brihaspati and the Bârhaspatyas is offered, according to Nârâyana, to the north-east.
8. The commentators (see p. 142 of the German edition) differ as to whether adityamandala means the disk of the sun towards which this Bali should be offered, or a place or an apartment of circular form (adityamandalarûpe mandalâgâre, as in my opinion we ought to correct the reading in Narayana's note).
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