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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VI KÂNDA, I ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 15.
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mystic. And that which, as it were, cried 1 (ras), became the ass (râsabha). And the juice which was adhering to the shell (of the egg) became the he-goat (aga?). And that which was the shell became the earth.
12. He desired, “May I generate this (earth) from these waters!' He compressed its and threw it into the water. The juice which flowed from it became a tortoise; and that which was spirted upwards (became) what is produced above here over the waters. This whole (earth) dissolved itself all over the water : all this (universe) appeared as one form only, namely, water.
13. He desired, May it become more than one, may it reproduce itself!' He toiled and practised austerity; and worn out with toil and austerity, he created foam. He was aware that 'this indeed looks different, it is becoming more than one): I must toil, indeed!' Worn out with toil and austerity, he created clay, mud, saline soil and sand, gravel (pebble), rock, ore, gold, plants and trees : therewith he clothed this earth.
14. This (earth), then, was created as (consisting of) these same nine creations. Hence they say, "Threefold (three times three) is Agni ;' for Agni is this earth), since thereof the whole Agni (firealtar) is constructed.
15. “This (earth) has indeed become (bha) a foundation !' (he thought): hence it became the earth (bhdmi). He spread it out (prath), and it
'? Or, that part (of the egg) which made a noise (in cracking).
* The word aga' is apparently fancifully taken here in the sense of unborn (a-ga).' * That is, the earth when as yet in the form of the egg-shell.
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