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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IX KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 46. 205
unimpaired oblation,'-that is, 'always the uninjured oblation.'
43. He then offers a full (-spoon) oblation,—the full means everything: with everything he thus gratifies him.
44. [He offers, with, Vâg. S. XVII, 79], 'Thine, O Agni, are seven logs,'-logs mean vital airs, for the vital airs do kindle him;-'seven tongues,'this he says with regard to those seven persons which they made into one person1;-'seven Rishis,'-for seven Rishis they indeed were;-seven beloved seats, this he says with regard to the metres, for his seven beloved seats are the metres ;-'sevenfold the seven priests worship thee,'-for in a sevenfold way the seven priests indeed worship him; the seven homes,' he thereby means the seven layers (of the altar);-'fill thou!'-that is, 'generate thou;'-'with ghee,'-ghee means seed: he thus lays seed into these worlds;' svâhâ!'-the svâhâ (hail!) is the sacrifice; he thus at once makes everything here fit for sacrifice.
45. 'Seven' he says each time,-of seven layers the fire-altar consists, and of seven seasons the year, and Agni is the year: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much he thus gratifies him. Three oblations he offers,-threefold is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much food he thus gratifies him. Three logs he puts on, that makes six: the significance of this has been explained.
46. Standing he puts on the logs, bones, and bones stand, so to speak.
1 See VI, I, I, I seq.
the logs are Sitting he
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