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

Page 361

326
SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
Adhvaryu responds (prati-â-gar), whence the name response (pratigara).
2. [The Hotri] calls upon that (Adhvaryu) seated (before him) with his face towards the east. For all
III. Tritiya-savana. 11. Årbhava (or Tritîya)-pava- | 11. Vaisvadeva-sastra (Hotri).
mâna. 12. Agnishtoma-saman (Yagña. 12. Ágnimâruta-sastra (Hotri).
yagñiya). These are the twelve stotras and sastras of the Agnishtoma. At the Ukthya sacrifice, the performance of the evening feast is completed by the addition of three uktha stotras and sastras, one for each Hotraka.
1 While the Adhvaryu sits before the Sadas, with his back to the Hotri (p. 322, note 1), the latter performs the (tâshnim-) gapai.e. the muttering of the formula May Father Mâtarisvan grant flawless (verse-) feet! may the bards sing flawless hymns l' &c. Ait. Br. II, 38; Âsv. Sr. V, 9, 1-after which he addresses to the Adhvaryu his call (âhâva), 'sõmsavām (let us two recite, Om)!' —which formula is used at all sastras, except that, at the midday and evening libations, it is preceded by Adhvaryo' (O Adhvaryu); while at the evening savana the first syllable of the verb is repeated, thus 'sosomsavo.'-The Adhvaryu rises, turns round so as to face the Hotri, and responds by 'somisamo daiva (we recite, O divine one)l' According to Ait. Br. III, 12, the Ahâva and Pratigara together are to consist of the number of syllables corresponding to the metre of the respective libation, viz. 8, II, 12 respectively. Then follows the Hotri's Tashnim-samsa or 'silent praise ;' viz. * Earth! Agni is the light, the light is Agni, Om 1-Indra is the light, Ether! the light is Indra, Om! Sürya is the light, the light, Heaven! is Sûrya, OmI'This is followed by a Puroruk, or preliminary invocation of a deity, recited in a loud voice, and consisting of twelve short formulas resembling the Nivid (part i, p. 114, note 2 ; ib. I, 4, 2, 5 seq.), which, indeed, takes its place in the sastras of the midday and evening libations, being inserted in the middle or before the last verse of the hymn of the sastra; viz. Agni kindled by the gods, Agni kindled by man, Agni the well-kindling, the Hotri chosen by the gods, the Hotri chosen by men, the carrier of offerings, the leader of sacrifices, the irresistible Hotri, the swift carrier of oblations : may he, the god,
Digitized by Google