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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
(or inferior) Hail!' with regard to a subsequenti (or higher; the highest) deity.
23. Now it is in him that burns yonder (the sun) that he has just offered that (libation); and the latter is the All: hence he makes that (sun) the highest of the All. But were he to utter the second (or higher)
Hail!' with regard to a preceding (or lower) deity ?, then it would be even higher than yonder sun : therefore he utters the second Hail !' with regard to a subsequent deity.
24. And, having offered, he wipes the (vessel of the) graha upwards; whereby he puts that outbreathing into him as one tending away from him. Thereupon he rubs (the wiped off Soma) upon the middle enclosing stick from west to east with the palm of his hand turned upwards :—whereby he puts that out-breathing into him as one tending away from him—with, 'Thee to the gods sipping motes of light!'
25. For in that orb which burns yonder he has just offered this (libation), and those rays thereof are the gods sipping motes of light: it is these he thereby gratifies; and thus gratified those gods convey him to the heavenly world.
26. For this same graha there is neither an invitatory prayer nor an offering prayer 4 : he offers it
1 That is, coming after Svâhâ in the formula.
: The Kanva text reads : etasmin vâ etan mandale 'haushîd ya esha tapati; sarvam u vâ esha grahah; sarvasmad evaitad asmad enam uttaram karoti ya esho 'smât sarvasmâd uttaro yad dhâvarâm devatâm kuryât param svâhâkâram anyad dhaitasmad uttaram kuryât.
That is to say, he is to pass his hand, palm upwards, under the middle enclosing stick.
. Such (Rik verses) as are ordinarily recited by the Hotri. When
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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 |