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, 6 ADHYÂYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 9.
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S. V, 35), 'Thou art a light endowed with all forms, the flame of the All-gods;' for the clotted ghee belongs to the All-gods. When the wood is well kindled, they hold the spoons for him.
7. He then offers ?, with, 'Thou, O Soma, wilt widely withhold thy protection from the lifeinjuring 2 hatreds put forth by others, Hail!' Thereby he takes a firm stand on this resting-place, the earth, and gains this world.
8. He then offers the second oblation to (Soma) the Nimble, with, May the Nimble graciously accept the butter, Hail!' For he (Soma) spake upon that time, 'Verily I am afraid of the Rakshas : do ye make me to be too small for their deadly shaft, so that the evil spirits (the Rakshas) shall not injure me on the way; and take me across in the form of a drop, for the drop is nimble.' And accordingly, having made him too small for the deadly shaft, they lead him safely across in the form of a drop, from fear of the Rakshas, for the drop is nimble : this is why he offers the second oblation to (Soma) the Nimble.
9. They lift the (burning) fire-wood, and place it on the support. He then says (to the Hotri), *Recite for Agni, taken forward l' or (say some), '- for Soma, led forward.' But let him say, 'Recite for Agni, taken forwards!
He offers some ghee from a substitute spoon (prakarani), as the proper offering-spoons now filled with ghee and clotted ghee have to be carried with the fire to the Agnîdhra.
. Mahîdhara explains'tan@krit' by 'tanum krintanti kindanti.' It ought rather to mean .body-making,'-?from the enemies that assume (various) forms.
• The Kânva text, on the contrary, enjoins that he is to say, Recite for Soma...!' In the Horri's ritual this is called the
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