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, 4 KANDIKÂ, 14.
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ritual of the animal sacrifice, omitting the sprinkling (with water) and the touching of the animal with a fresh branch, he should draw out the omentum and sacrifice it with (the verse), Carry the omentum, Gâtavedas, to the Fathers, where thou knowest them resting afar. May streams of fat flow to them; may all these wishes be fulfilled. Svâhâ !'
14. Then (follow oblations) of the Avadâna portions and the cooked food, two with (the two verses), * Agni, lead us on a good path to wealth' (Rig-veda I, 189, I seq.), (and other oblations with the texts), “May summer, winter, the seasons be happy to us, happy the rainy season, safe to us the autumn. The year be our lord who gives breath to us; may days and nights produce long life. Svâhâ !
'Peaceful be the earth, happy the air, may the goddess Heaven give us safety. Happy be the quarters (of the horizon), the intermediate quarters, the upper quarters; may the waters, the lightnings protect us from all sides. Svâhâ !
May the waters, the rays carry our prayers (to the gods); may the creator, may the ocean turn away evil ; may the past and the future, (may) all be safe to me. Protected by Brahman may I pour forth songs. Svâhà !
May all the Adityas and the divine Vasus, the Rudras, the protectors, the Maruts sit down (here). May Pragàpati, the abounding one, the highest ruler, bestow vigour, offspring, immortality on me. Svâhâ !
Pragậpati, no other one than Thou (Rig-veda X, 121, 10).
14. I read, as Prof. Stenzler and the Petersburg Dictionary do, svârâ ksharâni. Comp. Pâraskara III, 3, 6.
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