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XI KÂNDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 19.
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the lord of forms, bestow cattle with form 1 upon me at this sacrifice, svâhâ !' Tvashtri, taking the oblation, departed and restored her cattle with (beautiful) form to her.
18. These, then, are ten deities, ten sacrificial dishes, ten offerings, ten presents to priests,-the Virág consists of decad after decad (of syllables), and the Virág (shining one) is Sri (beauty, prosperity): he thus establishes (the Sacrificer) in the Virág, in prosperity and food.
19. For this (sacrifice) there are fifteen kindlingverses 8: he offers to the deities in a low voice s. There are five fore-offerings, three after-offerings, and one Samishtayagus. The (formulas of the) two butter-portions contain the word 'affluence':(Rig-veda S. I, 1, 3), “Through Agni may hė obtain wealth and affluence day by day, famous and abounding in heroes;'-(Rig-veda S. I, 91, 12), 'An increaser of the house, a remover of trouble, a procurer of wealth, an augmenter of affluence, a kind friend be thou unto us, O Soma!' The two formulas of the Svishtakrit contain the word 'thousand':-(Rig-veda S. III, 13, 7), 'Grant thou unto us wealth, a thousandfold, with offspring and affluence, and glorious manhood, O Agni, most excellent and never
Sâyana supplies 'visishfân,' -cattle endowed with form. ? That is, the ordinary number of sâmidhenis at an ishti, viz. eleven verses, the first and last of which are recited three times each. See part i, p. 102, note 1; P. 112, note 1.
. That is, the formulas-with the exception of the final 'om' of the invitatory formulas, and the introduction 'ye yagâmahe' and the final 'vaushat' of the offering-formulas are pronounced in a low voice.
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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 |