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, 7 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 2.
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ficer) will be bid good-speed"; and thus the Rakshas will not hereafter sip the sacrifice, thinking, “that (stake) surely is a raised thunderbolt.”
31. The Adhvaryu, then, offered up only a chip of the stake, and thereby that (sacrificer) was bid good-speed; and thus the Rakshas did not thereafter sip the sacrifice, thinking, 'that surely is a raised thunderbolt.'
32. And in like manner does he now only offer up that chip of the sacrificial stake?; thereby this (sacrificer) is bid good-speed; and thus the Rakshas do not thereafter sip the sacrifice, thinking, 'that surely is a raised thunderbolt !' He offers its with the text (Vág. S. VI, 21), May thy smoke rise up to the sky, thy light to the heavens! fill the earth with ashes, Hail!'
SECOND BRAHMANA.
1. Verily, as large as the altar is, so large is the earth. The sacrificial stakes are thunderbolts; and by means of these thunderbolts he obtains possession of this earth, and excludes his enemies from sharing therein. Hence there are eleven stakes, and the twelfth lies aside rough-hewn; he puts it down south (of the altar). The reason why the twelfth lies aside is this.
2. Now the gods, while performing this sacrifice,
See I, 8, 3, 11 seq. ,
• See Ait. Br. II, 3. • The offering of the chips does not take place till the end of the after-offerings (see note to III, 8, 5, 6). It is somewhat strange that it should be anticipated in this place, both in this and the Kanva recensions.
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