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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
May we grow out with a thousand shoots!' There is nothing obscure in this.
17. Thereupon he cuts it (the stake of the proper length): of whatever length he cuts it the first time, so long let it remain.
18. He may cut it five cubits long; for fivefold is the sacrifice and fivefold is the animal (victim), and five seasons there are in the year : therefore he may cut it five cubits long.
19. He may cut it six cubits long; for six seasons there are in the year; and the year is a thunderbolt, as the sacrificial stake is a thunderbolt : therefore he may cut it six cubits long.
20. He may cut it eight cubits long, for eight syllables has the Gâyatri, and the Gâyatri is the fore-part of the sacrifice, as the sacrificial stake is the fore part of the sacrifice: therefore he may cut it eight cubits long.
21. He may cut it nine cubits long, for threefold is the sacrifice, and 'nine' is threefold : therefore he may cut it nine cubits long.
22. He may cut it eleven cubits long, for eleven syllables has the Trishtubh, and the Trishtubh is a thunderbolt, as the sacrificial stake is a thunderbolt: therefore he may cut it eleven cubits long.
23. He may cut it twelve cubits long, for twelve months there are in the year, and the year is a thunderbolt, as the sacrificial stake is a thunderbolt : therefore he may cut it twelve cubits long.
24. He may cut it thirteen cubits long, for thirteen months there are in a year, and the year is a thunderbolt, as the sacrificial stake is a thunderbolt : therefore he may cut it thirteen cubits long.
25. He may cut it fifteen cubits long, for the
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| 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 |