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-BRAHMANA.
within the womb. And since he (the sacrificer) moves about there (between the fires), and now turns round and now back, therefore these embryos move about, and now turn round and now back. Hence this is his passage till the Soma pressing.
Fourth BRAHMANA. 1. All formulas of the consecration are audgrabhana (elevatory), since he who is consecrated elevates himself (ud-grabh) from this world to the world of the gods. He elevates himself by means of these same formulas, and therefore they say that all formulas of the consecration are 'audgrabhana.' Now they also (specially) designate these intermediate ones as 'audgrabhana,' because these are libations!, and a libation is a sacrifice. For the muttering of a sacrificial formula is an occult (form of sacrifice), but a libation is a direct (form of) sacrifice: hence it is by this same sacrifice that he elevates himself from this world to the world of the gods.
2. And again, the three libations which he makes with the dipping-spoon (sruva) are said to be 'adhitayagus.' The fourth libation is made for the sake of completeness; while the fifth, which is made with the offering-spoon (sruk, viz. the guhů), is the real audgrabhana-libation : for he makes it with an
· While all the formulas of the Dîkshâ are supposed to be of an elevatory (audgrabhana' character, the designation audgrabhanâni (ya gümshi, or elevatory formulas)' is specially applied to the five libations described in the succeeding paragraphs. The Kânva text reads,-atha yad etâny avântarâm audgrabhanânîty âkhyâyanta ahutayo hy eta ahutir hy eva yagñah paroksham iva hi tad yad yagur gapaty etena hi tad yagñenodgribhnîte..
* I. e. yagus for some meditated' object.
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