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, 6 ADHYAYA, 4 BRÂHMANA, 6.
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a year are smitten, and all is won by them: hence for Indra Vimridh,— with (Vág. S. VIII, 44; Rigveda X, 152, 4), 'Scatter thou our scorners, O Indra, lay them low that war against us, and send them, that persecute us, to the nethermost darkness!—Thou art taken with a support: thee to Indra Vimridh!—This is thy womb: thee to Indra Vimridhl'
5. Or for Visvakarman (the All-worker), for all work is done, everything is won by those who sit in session for a year: hence for Visvakarman,-with (Vâg. S. VIII, 45; Rig-veda X, 81, 7), Vâkaspati Visvakarman, the thought-speeder!, let us invoke for protection in our struggle this day: may he, the all-beneficient worker of good, delight in all our offerings for our protection !-Thou art taken with a support: thee to Indra Visvakarman*!-This is thy womb: thee to Indra Visvakarman!'
6. But if he knows the (verse) referring to Indra (and) Visvakarman, let him draw it thus (Vag. S. VIII, 46), 'O Visvakarman, with strengthening libation madest thou Indra an invincible champion: to him did the people bow down of
Or, the thought-swift (manoga). : For the different meanings of vâga' see Max Müller, 'India, what can it teach us?' p. 164.
• Or, in all our invocations (havana).
• The identification of Visvakarman with Indra was probably suggested by the final pada of the preceding verse of the hymn (Rig-veda X, 81, 6): "May there be (or may he, Visvakarman, be) for us a Sori Maghavan' (a rich patron; terms frequently applied to Indra). But cp. Muir, O. S. T. vol. iv, p. 7.
o The Kanva text does not give the verse, but remarks merely, But if he can get (vindet) an aindri vaisvakarmanî (verse), let him draw it therewith.
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