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IV KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, 7 BRAHMANA, 19. 439
milked most wishes. It became, as it were, emptied the most; it was not equal to the other two sciences,— the air-world was not equal to the two other worlds.
15. The gods desired, 'How can this science become equal to the other two sciences; how can the air-world become equal to the two other worlds?'
16. They said, 'Let us perform in a low voice with the Yagus: then that science will become equal to the other two sciences; then the air-world will become equal to the two other worlds!'
17. They performed with them in a low voice, and thereby strengthened them; and henceforth that science was equal to the other two sciences, and the air-world was equal to the two other worlds. Therefore the Yagus, while being distinct, are yet indistinct; and therefore the air-world, while being distinct, is yet indistinct (indefinable).
18. He who performs with the Yagus in a low voice, strengthens them; and they, thus strengthened, strengthen him. But he who performs in a loud voice, weakens them, and, being weak, they weaken him.
19. The Riks and Sâmans, forsooth, are speech, and the Yagus are the mind; and so those who perform with the Rik and Sâman are speech, and those who perform with the Yagus are the mind. Hence nothing whatever is done, unless ordered by the Adhvaryu: when the Adhvaryu says, 'Recite (the invitatory prayer)! Pronounce the offering prayer!' then those who perform with the Rik perform it. And when the Adhvaryu says, 'Soma becometh pure: turn ye back1!' then those who perform with the Sâman perform it, for speech speaks not but what is conceived by the mind.
1 See IV, 2, 5, 8.
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| SR No. | 007678 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 02 |
| 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 |