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, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 25.
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no second Vashat is pronounced on the Ritugrahas, and for them he is about to take the Aindragna graha : thus they become consecrated for him by a second Vashat through the Aindragna.
22. And again, why he draws the Aindragna graha. By drawing the libations to the seasons he has generated this All, and having generated this All, he now establishes it on the out-breathing and in-breathing : hence this All is established on the out-breathing and in-breathing, for Indra and Agni are the outbreathing and in-breathing, and these two, heaven and earth, are the out-breathing and in-breathing, and within these two this All is established.
23. And again, why he draws the Aindragna cup. By drawing the libations to the seasons he has generated this All, and having generated this. All, he lays the out-breathing and in-breathing into this All: hence these two, the out-breathing and in-breathing, are laid into (or beneficial, hita, in) this All.
24. He now draws it from that (dronakalasa trough) with (Våg. S. VII, 3, 1; Rig-veda III, 12, 1),
O Indra and Agni, through our songs come ye hither to the Soma, to the agreeable fume: drink thereof, urged by our hymn!—Thou art taken with a support: thee to Indra and Agni! -with 'This is thy womb: thee to Indra and Agni!' he deposits it (on the mound), for it is for Indra and Agni that he draws it.
25. Thereupon he draws the Vaisva deva cup!
According to Kâty. IX, 13, 33 seq. the order of performance is as follows. In the first place the first Âgya-sastra is recited. Thereupon the Adhvaryu fetches the Aindragna cup from the Havirdhana (where it was deposited by the Pratiprasthâtri), makes a libation from it-after calling on the Hotri, as at all libations accompanied
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