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, 4 ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, I.
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male, the bestower of seed: lay thou seed into me!' The Udgâtri is Pragâpati, and the lady is a woman: a productive union is thus brought about.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. The metres, forsooth, are the (draught) cattle of the gods. Even as harnessed cattle here on earth
whereupon she returns to her own tent. Then follows the recitation of the Âgnimâ ruta sastra, consisting of the following parts :Sakta (hymn), Rig-veda III, 3, to Agni Vaisvânara, with Nivid
("May Agni Vaisvânara feast on this Soma,' &c.) inserted
before the last verse. Dhayya, I, 43, 6; or (verse to Rudra) II, 33, 1. Sûkta, I, 87, to Maruts, with Nivid (May the Maruts feast on
this Soma,' &c.) before the last verse. (Stotriya pragatha, VI, 48, 1-2 (identical with the text of 3 the Yagñayagñîya Sâman).
(Anurûpa pragatha, VII, 16, 11-12 (antistrophe). Sakta to Agni Gatavedas, I, 143, with Nivid before the last verse. Tristich to Apah (waters), X, 9, 1-3, recited in breaks, the Hotri
having previously uncovered his head (as do the other priests) and touched water, and the others holding on to him from behind. This and the following parts also have the Ahâva
(somsâvom ') before each of them. Verse VI, 50, 14 to Agni Budhnya. Verses V, 46, 7-8 to wives of gods. Verses II, 32, 4-5 to Râkâ. Verse VI, 49, 7 to Pâviravî (daughter of lightning). Verse X, 14, 4 to Yama. Verse X, 14, 3 to Kavyas (manes). Verses X, 15, 1, 3, 2 to Pitarah (fathers), with the Âháva before
each verse. Anupânîya (or Svâdushkilîya) verses VI, 47, 1-4 to Indra. After
each of the first three the Adhvaryu may respond to the Hotri's Āhâva, with madamo daiva' (instead of 'samsamo
daiva'). See note on IV, 3, 2, 11. Verse to Vishnu and Varuna (Atharva-veda VII, 25, 1). [26]
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