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.
16. He then sinks it (in the hole, with), 'May Dyutâna, the son of the Maruts, plant thee!' Dyutâna the son of the Maruts, doubtless, is he that blows yonder (the wind): by means of him he thus plants it;—'Mitra and Varuna with firm support!' Mitra and Varuna are the in-breathing and outbreathing: he thus plants it with the in-breathing and out-breathing.
17. He then heaps up (earth) round it, with, 'I enclose thee, winner of the priesthood, winner of the nobility, winner of growth of wealth!' Manifold, verily, is the prayer for blessing in the sacrificial texts : by this one he prays for the priesthood and nobility, those two vital forces ?. 'Winner of growth of wealth,'-growth of wealth means abundance: he thereby prays for abundance.
18. He then presses it firmly all round, with, Uphold thou the priesthood! uphold the nobility, uphold our life, uphold our progeny!' this is the blessing of this rite: that blessing he thereby invokes. He presses it so as to be level with the ground: with an (ordinary) hole (round trees for watering) it is higher than the ground, but in this way it is with the gods ;-—and thus it is not planted in an (ordinary) hole.
19. He then pours water thereon ;-wherever, in digging, they wound or injure this (earth),-water being a means of soothing,—there he soothes it by that means of soothing, water, there he heals it by water: therefore he pours water thereon.
See III, 5, 2, 11 with note. The Kanva text has, bahvî vâ âsîr yaguhshu te asmâ ete åsisha và sâste yad brahma ka kshatram ka.
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