Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

SR No.: 007679
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2382
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
bolt: having won them, one by one, by means of that thunderbolt, the ghee, and made them his own, he takes them.
25. And as to why he does not offer on the (water) from the Sarasvati,--Sarasvati, to be sure, is (the goddess of) Speech, and the ghee is a thunderbolt : ‘Lest I should injure (the goddess of) Speech !' thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the water from the Sarasvati.
26. And as to why he does not offer on the sunmotes : "Lest I should offer that oblation in a doubtful way 1!' thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the sun-motes.
27. He pours them together into an udumbara vessel with, Let the honey-sweet mix with the honey-sweet!'—'Let those full of essence mix with those full of essence!' he thereby says; "Winning great power (kshatra) for the Kshatriyal'in saying this he prays in a covert way for power to the Sacrificer.
28. He deposits them in front of the Maitrâvaruna's hearth, with, ‘Unimpaired rest ye, the strengthful!'-'unimpaired by the Rakshas rest ye!' he thereby says; and by strengthful' he means to say 'powerful;' 'bestowing great power on the Kshatriya;'-in saying this he prays in an overt way for power to the Sacrificer.
FIFTH BRAHMANA. 1. He consecrates him at the midday Soma-feast. Now Pragâpati is that sacrifice which is here performed, and whence these creatures have been
1 On account of the doubtful nature of the watery sun-motes.
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