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, 4 BRÂHMANA, 24.
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22. Then to the Brahman, for the Brahman watches over the sacrifice from the south. Then to the Udgåtri (chanter); then to the Hotri; then to the two Adhvaryus, seated in the cart-shed. Then, having returned (to the Sadas he presents gold) to the Prastotri; then to the Maitrâvaruna; then to the Brâhmanâkhamsin; then to the Potri; then to the Neshtri ; then to the Akhâvâka; then to the Unnetri; then to the Grâvastut; then to the Subrahmanya. To the Pratihartri he presents it last, since he is the restrainer(pratihartri)?: he thus in the end restrains (the cows) for him, and so they do not become lost to him.
23. Thereupon he (the Adhvaryu) says (to the Maiträvaruna), "Recite (the invitatory prayer) to Indra, followed by the Maruts!' Now when, in the beginning, Pragâpati gave gifts, Indra thought within himself, 'Everything here, forsooth, he will give away, and not anything will he leave for us.' He then, to stop the giving, raised up that thunderbolt 'Recite to Indra Marutvat!' and thereafter he (Pragâpati) gave no more. And in like manner is that thunderbolt 'Recite to Indra Marutvat!' now raised up to stop the giving, and thereafter he (the sacrificer) gives no more.
24. There are, then, four (kinds of) sacrificial gifts: Gold—thereby indeed he preserves his own life, for gold is life. That he (Pragâ pati or Varuna) gave
ha vâ ada asinah prâtaranuvâkam anväha tad dha smaitat purasîno hotâ samsaty atha paskât tamah sado 'bhipupluve. Te hokus tamo vâ idam sado 'bhyaproshteti pratyan prehîti pratyan prehiti sa pratyan prait sa tat tamo 'pâhan, &c. Sâyana also interprets it by pūrvasmin pradese âhavanîyasya samîpe.'
1 For the part taken by the Pratihartri in the chanting of stotras, see p. 310, note 1.
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