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-BRAHMANA.
that is name; and that again which has no name, and which one knows by its form, 'This is (of a certain) form,' that is form: as far as there are Form and Name so far, indeed, extends this (universe).
4. These, indeed, are the two great forces of the Brahman; and, verily, he who knows these two great forces of the Brahman becomes himself a great force.
5. These, indeed, are the two great manifestations1 of the Brahman; and, verily, he who knows these two great manifestations of the Brahman becomes himself a great manifestation. One of these two is the greater, namely Form; for whatever is Name, is indeed Form; and, verily, he who knows the greater of these two, becomes greater than he whom he wishes to surpass in greatness.
6. In the beginning, indeed, the gods were mortal, and only when they had become possessed 2 of the Brahman they were immortal. Now, when he makes the libation to Mind -form being mind, inasmuch as it is by mind that one knows, 'This is form'— he thereby obtains Form; and when he makes the libation to Speech-name being speech, inasmuch as it is by speech that he seizes (mentions) the name he thereby obtains Name;-as far as there are Form and Name, so far, indeed, extends this whole (universe): all this he obtains; and-the
1 Or, phantasmagories, illusive representations.
The use of 'âp' with the instrumental (brahmanâ âpuh) is peculiar,—brahmana vyâptân, Sây.
• The two libations (âghâra) of ghee, forming the first oblations of an ishi, made on the newly kindled fire, are offered to Mind and Speech respectively; cf. part i, p. 124 seqq.
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