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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
FIFTH BRÂHMANA. D. The Tritîya SAVANA, OR EVENING PRESSING. 1. Now there are three kinds of gods, - the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Adityas. Between them the press-feasts are divided : the morning pressing belongs to the Vasus, the midday pressing to the Rudras, and the third pressing to the Ådityas. But the morning pressing belonged to the Vasus exclusively, and the midday pressing to the Rudras exclusively, and the third pressing to the Ådityas conjointly (with others).
2. The Adityas then said, 'As that morning pressing belongs exclusively to the Vasus, and that midday pressing exclusively to the Rudras, so offer ye now to us a libation before the common (pressing).' The gods said, 'So be it!' After the completion of the midday pressing, they offered that (libation) previous to the third pressing? And in like manner is that libation offered to this day after the completion of the midday pressing and previous to the third pressing
3. The Adityas said, ' Neither in the one pressing have we a share nor in the other : we fear lest the Rakshas might injure us!'
4. They said to the (cups) belonging to two deities (dvidevatya), 'We are afraid of the Rakshas : pray, let us enter into you!'
1 The Aditya-graha, with which the succeeding paragraphs deal, is considered as not belonging to the Tritîya Savana proper, but as a preliminary ceremony.
? For the three dvidevatya grahas (Aindravậyava, Maitravaruna, and Asvina), see Brahmanas IV, 1, 3-5.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| 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 |