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tion secures for himself fervid devotion; and whatever is to be gained by fervid devotion all that he now gains.
19. The fore-portion is the place (in heaven); and, verily, whosoever knows the fore-portion to be the place (in heaven) secures for himself the place (in heaven); and whatever is to be gained by the place (in heaven) all that he now gains; and, indeed, he does not by ever so little fall from his place, for it is by ever so little that in yonder world men fall from their place; and whosoever knows this does not fall from his place however much evil he may have done.
20. The Idå is faith ; and, verily, whosoever knows the Idâ to be faith secures for himself faith, and whatever is to be gained by faith all that he now
gains.
21. The first after-offering is the thunderbolt, the second the hail-stone, the third the (heavenly) firebrand (meteor).
22. After the first after-offering let him utter (the anumantrana), 'O thunderbolt, smite N. N.!' (naming) him whom he hates; after the second,
O hail-stone, smite N. N.!' after the third,' O firebrand, smite N. N.!'
23. And if such a one dies suddenly, then, indeed, it is that after-offering, the thunderbolt, that smites him; and if he is, as it were, covered with outflowing (blood), then it is that after-offering, the hail-stone, that smites him; and if he is, as it were, covered with scorching, then it is that after-offering, the (heavenly) firebrand, that smites him.
24. Such is the bolt of the sacrifice: it was by that bolt, indeed, that the gods overcame the Asuras;
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| SR No. | 007679 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 03 |
| 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 |