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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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
4. And at first there was not in Indra that power which is now in him. He desired, 'May that power be in me!' He saw this graha and drew it for himself, and henceforth that power was in him.
5. And at first there was not in Surya that splendour which is now in him. He desired, May that splendour be in me!' He saw this graha and drew it for himself, and henceforth that splendour was in him. And verily for whomsoever, knowing this, they draw those cups of Soma, he takes unto himself those same fires (energies), those same powers.
6. Let him draw them at the morning pressing, after drawing the Ågrayana ; for the Agrayana is the self (body), and many parts of this self are one each (and thus) over and above (the others), such as the lung' and heart, and others.
7. Or he might draw them from the Patabhrit, at the midday pressing, after drawing the Ukthya, or when about to bespeak (the chant), for the Ukthya indeed is the same as that undefined self of his. But this is mere speculation : let him rather draw them at the morning pressing, after drawing the Agrayana.
8. They are offered after the offering of the Mahendra graha ; for that, the Mahendra, is Indra's special cup; and so are the (Nishkevalya) stotra and sastra specially his. But the sacrificer is Indra; and for the sacrificer's benefit (these cups) are drawn : therefore they are offered after the offering of the Mahendra graha.
9. He thus draws them therefrom the first with
That is, the right lung (kloman), the left lung being called by a different name. See St. Petersb. Dict. S. v.
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