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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
morning libation (to the gods): for the sake of completing that parkti, that oblation of clotted curds to Mitra and Varuna is prepared only at the morning libation, and not at the two other libations.
THIRD Adhyâya. First Brâhmana. 1. Having drunk (Soma)' and said, “We are
spoon, for the svishtakrit. While cutting the portion he calls on the Maitravaruna to .Recite (the invitatory prayer) of the cakes of the morning feast for Indral' The anuvâkya (Rig-veda III, 52, 1) having been recited by the Maiträvaruna, the Adhvaryu steps to the fire, calls on the Agnidhra for the Sraushat formula (see 1, 5, 2, 16, with note), and thereupon on the Maitrâvaruna to Urge the cakes of the morning feast brought forward for Indra l' That priest then urges, 'Let the Hotri pronounce the offering prayer to Indra! May Indra with his bays eat the grain! [O Hotar, pronounce the offering prayer! | Whereupon the Hotri recites, We who worship (part i, p. 142, note),-May Indra with his bays eat the grains, with Pashan the porridge; with Sarasvatî, with Bhåratî, the sour curds, with Mitra and Varuna the clotted curds ! (cf. Ait. Br. II, 24; Taitt. Br. I, 5, 11; Âsv. V, 4, 3] Vaushat l' when the Adhvaryu pours the oblation into the fire. For the oblation to Agni Svishtakrit the invitatory prayer is Rig-veda III, 28, 1, and the offering formula Havir agne vihii' graciously accept the offering, O Agnil' The offerings completed, the dishes of sacrificial food are placed on the Hotri's hearth.
"The Puroda sa offerings, described in the preceding paragraphs, are followed by libations from the dvidevaty a cups, viz. the Aindravâyava, Maitrâvaruna, and Asvina. Each time the Adhvaryu is about to make a libation, the Pratiprasthâtri draws Soma-juice into the Aditya cup (pâtra) and makes libations therefrom immediately after the Adhvaryu on the north side of the fire. And each time he pours the remains from the Aditya cup into the Aditya sthâlî with, 'Thee to the Adityas l' finally covering the latter with the former (see IV, 3, 5, 6). Then follows the filling of the cups of the Kamasins (see p. 287, note 2), and the libations from the Sukra and Manthin grahas (already anticipated in IV, 2, 1, 1331) and from the cups of the Kamasins. Thereupon the Adhvaryu goes to the Sadas and sits down opposite the Hotri; and in alternate draughts and with mutual invitations' they empty the
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