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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IIO
GRIHYA-SOTRA OF GOBHILA.
name, N. N.! This garment is thine, and is that of those who follow thee here, and of those whom thou followest. To thee Svadha !' (MB. II, 3, 12).
25. After he has touched water, (he does) the same for the other two.
26. Seizing, again with his left hand, the vessel of water (Satra 5), he should sprinkle (water) round the Pindas from right to left, with (the verse), 'Bringing sap' (MB. II, 3, 13).
27. The middle Pinda (offered to the grandfather) the wife (of the sacrificer) should eat, if she is desirous of a son, with (the verse), "Give fruit to the womb, O Fathers' (MB. II, 3, 14).
28. Or of those Brâhmanas (that person) who receives the remnants (of the sacrificial food, should eat that Pinda).
29. Having besprinkled (and thus extinguished) the fire-brand (Satra 3) with water, with (the verse),
Gâtavedas has been our messenger for what we have offered' (MB. II, 3, 15) -
30. (The sacrificer) should besprinkle the sacrificial vessels, and should have them taken back, two by two.
31. The Pindas he should throw into water,
32. Or into the fire which has been carried forward (to the east side of the pits, chap. 2, 18),
33. Or he should give them to a Brâhmana to eat, 34. Or he should give them to a cow.
35. On the occasion of a lucky event (such as the birth of a son, &c.) or of a meritorious work (such as the dedication of a pond or of a garden) he should give food to an even number (of Brahmanas).
25. See chap. 2, 36. 35. Comp. Sänkhâyana-Grihya IV, 4.
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