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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IV KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 5 BRAHMANA, 22.
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(but) with the Gâyatri, the Kakubh, and Ushnih, and the Anushtubh 1
21. The Gayatri alone bears singly the morning libation,—with those two sets of five (pankti) ?, the set of five chants, and the set of five oblations : there are four Agya (chants) and the Bahishpavamâna is the fifth,—the Parkti metre is five-footedwith that parkti of chants, not alone, the Gayatri bears the morning libation.
22. To Indra belongs the cake, to the two bay steeds the parched grains (dhânâl)*, to Pashan the porridge (karambha), to Sarasvati the sour curds (dadhi), and to Mitra and Varuna the clotted curds (payasya) 6,—the Paikti is five-footed—with that parkti of oblations, not alone, the Gâyatri bears the
1 The Arbhava or Tritîya-pavamâna stotra, Sâmav. II, 39-52 (see note on IV, 3, 5, 24), is made up of five parts, composed chiefly in the Gâyatrî, Kakubh, Ushnih, Anushrubh, and Gagats metres respectively. It is chanted in the Saptadasa-stoma, the seventeen verses being obtained in the following way. The Gayatri triplet (II, 39-41) is chanted twice, in the Gayatra and Samhita tunes, making six verses. Then verses 42 and 44 once each, in the Sapha and Paushkala tunes respectively. Then the triplet II, 47-49 twice, in the Syâvâsva and Andhîgava tunes (six verses). And finally the triplet II, 50-52 once, in the Káva tune (three verses). This makes together seventeen verses. Verses 43, 45, and 46 of the Samhita are omitted in the chanting.
2 Pańkti means both a set of five,' and the pankti metre, consisting of five octosyllabic feet.
See p. 325, note 2. • Taitt. Br. I, 5, 11 assigns them to the Asvins, for the reason that they performed cures therewith.
• These five sacrificial dishes, called savanîyâh (or aindran) purodâ sâh, are placed together in one vessel (pâtrî) the purodâ sa proper, or rice-cake to Indra, being placed in the centre-and oblations are made from them to the respective deities at one and the same time, two pieces being cut from each dish into the guhů for the chief offering, and one piece from each into the upabhrit
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