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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V KÂNDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 5 BRAHMANA, 35.
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him from (all) quarters!' Thus he makes all the quarters safe from arrows for him. And as to why he hands the bow to him ;—this, the bow, truly is the nobleman's strength : it is because he thinks, ' I will consecrate him when endowed with strength!' that he hands the weapon to him?
31. Thereupon he makes him pronounce the avid formulas (Vâg. S. X, 9), 'In sight, ye mortals!' This is mysterious, for mysterious is Pragâpati: he thus announces him to Pragâpati, and this one approves of his consecration; and approved by him he is consecrated.
32. Present is Agni, the house-lord;'-Agni is the priesthood (brahman); he thus announces him to the priesthood; and it approves of his consecration, and approved by it he is consecrated.
33. 'Present is Indra, the far-famed;'—Indra is the nobility: he thus announces him to the nobility; and it approves of his consecration, and approved by it he is consecrated.
34. Present are Mitra and Varuna, the upholders of the law;'-Mitra and Varuna are the out-breathing and in-breathing: he thus announces him to the out-breathing and in-breathing, and they approve of his consecration, and approved by them he is consecrated.
35. Present is Pashan, the all-possessing;'
For a sham fight with arrows forming part of the ceremony in the Black Yagus ritual, see p. 100, note 1.
3 That is, as would seem, the formulas of information (or perhaps of announcement, introduction); the first of these formulas beginning with avis (in sight), the others with the participle à vitta, i.e.'obtained, present;' Sâyana and Mahîdhara, however, taking it in the sense of informed,'-a meaning which, indeed, the word may perhaps have been intended to convey in these formulas.
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