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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III KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 18.
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the manner of a braid of hair. For were it to be twisted? sunwise (from left to right) as any other cords, it would be human; and were it twisted contrary to the course of the sun, it would be sacred to the Fathers : hence it is plaited after the manner of a braid of hair.
14. He girds himself with it, with the text (Vag. S. IV, 10), “Thou art the strength of the Angiras,'— for the Angiras perceived this (source of) strength ;-'soft as wool, bestow thou strength on me!' there is nothing obscure in this.
15. He then tucks up the end of his (nether) garment, with the text, “Thou art Soma's tuck.' For heretofore it was the tuck of him, the unconsecrated; but now that he is consecrated, it is that of Soma 2: therefore he says, 'Thou art Soma's tuck.'
16. He then wraps up (his head). For he who is consecrated becomes an embryo; and embryos are enveloped both by the amnion and the outer membrane: therefore he covers (his head).
17. He covers himself, with the text, 'Thou art Vishnu's refuge, the refuge of the sacrificer.' He who is consecrated indeed becomes both Vishnu and a sacrificer; for when he is consecrated, he is Vishnu; and when he sacrifices, he is the sacrificer: therefore he says, “Thou art Vishnu's refuge, the refuge of the sacrificer.'
18. Thereupon he ties a black deer's horn to the
Twisted and plaited is here expressed by the same term srishta.'
* Literally, but now it being that) of (him) the consecrated, (it is that) of Soma.
• With his upper garment, or, according to others, with a turban. Káty. VII, 3, 28 scholl.
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