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, 3 BRÂHMANA, 12.
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to Aditi; for Aditi truly is this (earth). Thereupon they saw and spread the sacrifice.
7. Hence, when he prepares the Prâyaniya rice-pap for Aditi, he does so for the purpose of his seeing the sacrifice : 'After seeing the sacrifice I shall buy (the Soma) and spread that (sacrifice);' thus thinking he prepares the Prâyaniya pap for Aditi. The sacrificial food had been prepared, but offering had not yet been made to the deity (Aditi),
8. When Pathya Svasti? appeared to them. They offered to her, for Pathya Svasti (the wishing of a happy journey') is speech, and the sacrifice also is speech. Thereby they perceived the sacrifice and spread it.
9. Thereupon Agni appeared to them: they offered to him ; whereby they perceived that part of the sacrifice which was of Agni's nature. Now of Agni's nature is what is dry in the sacrifice: that they thereby perceived and spread.
10. Then Soma appeared to them: they offered to him ; whereby they perceived that part of the sacrifice which was of Soma's nature. Now of Soma's nature is what is moist in the sacrifice: that they thereby perceived and spread.
11. Then Savitri appeared to them : they offered to him. Now Savitri represents cattle, and the sacrifice also means cattle: hence they thereby perceived and spread the sacrifice. Thereupon they offered to the deity (Aditi), for whom the sacrificial food had been prepared.
12. It is to these same five deities, then, that he offers. For that sacrifice, when thrown into dis
* I.e. "welfare on the road, or a happy journey,' a genius of well-being and prosperity.
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