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, 4 BRÂHMANA, 12.
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10. [The fourth with Vag. S. VIII, 181], Accessible homes have we prepared for you, O gods, who graciously came to this Soma feast;'whereby he.means to say, 'seats easy of access we have prepared for you, O gods, who have graciously come to this Soma feast; -Carrying and driving the offerings,' thereby he dismisses the several deities; “Those forsooth who are without cars may go away carrying; and those who have cars may go away driving,' this is what he means to say; therefore he says, ' Carrying and driving the offerings ;'-- bestow goods on him, ye good! Hail!'
11. [The fifth with Vag. S. VIII, 19; Atharva-veda VII, 97, 3), «The willing gods whom thou, O God, broughtest hither, speed them each to his own abode, O Agni!' For to Agni he said, 'Bring hither such and such gods! bring hither such and such gods!' and to him he now says, 'Whatever gods thou hast brought hither, make them go whithersoever their course lies !'-'Ye have all eaten and drunk,'--for they have eaten the cakes of the animal offering, and they have drunk the king Soma : therefore he says, 'ye have all eaten and drunk;'— Draw ye nigh to the air, to the heat, to the light! Hail!' Hereby, then, he dismisses the deities.
12. [The sixth with Våg. S. VIII, 20), 'Thee, O Agni, have we chosen here for our Hotri at the opening of this sacrifice: severally hast thou offered to them, and severally hast thou toiled; well-knowing the sacrifice, draw thou nigh”, thou the wise! Hail!' by this (verse) he releases Agni, dismisses Agni.
1 Cf. Atharva-veda VII, 97, 4. ? That is, according to Mahîdhara, 'knowing that the sacrifice
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