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 ADHYÂYA, 6 BRÂHMANA, 5.
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4. The graha, forsooth, is food; for by food everything is kept (grah) here: hence as many as eat our food, all those are kept by us. Such is the natural order of things.
5. And as to this graha of Soma, that is food; for whatever deity one draws this graha, that deity, being seized by this graha, fulfils that wish of his for which he draws it. He approaches either the rising or the setting sun, thinking, “Thou art the seizer, seize thou N.N. by such and such a disease! may N.N. not obtain such and such !' (naming) him whom he hates; or with, ‘May such and such a wish not be fulfilled to him!' and, assuredly, that wish is not fulfilled to him for whom he thus approaches (the sun).
Sixth BRÂHMANA, 1. Now once on a time the gods, while performing sacrifice, were afraid of an attack from the AsuraRakshas. They said, 'Who of us shall sit on the south side; we will then enter upon the sacrifice on the north side in a place free from danger and injury.'
2. They said, 'He who is the strongest of us, let him sit on the south side; we will then enter upon the sacrifice on the north side in a place free from danger and injury.'
3. They said, 'Verily, Indra is the strongest of us : let Indra sit on the south side ; we will then enter upon the sacrifice on the north side in a place free from danger and injury.'
4. They said to Indra, Verily, thou art the strongest of us : sit thou on the south side; we will then enter upon the sacrifice on the north side in a place free from danger and injury.'
5. He said, 'What will be my reward then ?'•The office of Brahmanakhamsin shall be thine, the [26]
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