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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XI KANDA, 5 ADHYÂYA, 6 BRAHMANA, 2. 95
two days now the Dânavas, we know, will not disorder the sacrificial thread of them stretched out by us. They leave undone the work of the previous day, and carry it through on the following day,— difficult to be understood is the wisdom of the deities: streams of Soma flow, interlinked with streams of Soma!-Even as they constantly sprinkle the equal prize-winning steeds, so (they pour out) the cups full of fiery liquor in the palace of Ganamegaya.' Then the Asura-Rakshas went away.
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SIXTH BRAHMANA.
THE STUDY OF THE VEDA.
1. There are five great sacrifices, and they, indeed, are great sacrificial sessions,- -to wit, the sacrifice to beings, the sacrifice to men, the sacrifice to the Fathers, the sacrifice to the gods, and the sacrifice to the Brahman.
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2. Day by day one should offer an oblation to beings thus he performs that sacrifice to beings. Day by day one should offer (presents to guests) up to the cupful of water: thus he performs that
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1 Sâyana construes,- we know the extended sacrificial thread of these (days), and the Dânavas (Asuras) do not henceforth confound In that case the order of words would be extremely irregular. * Kâsh/habhritah, âgyantâ (1) kâshthâni tâni bibhratîti kâshthabhritah svâdasam (? khândasam) pârvapadasya hrasvatvam, âgidhavanam kritavato hayân asvân, Sây. According to this authority the general meaning of the verse is that even as the (king's) horses, when they have performed their task, have sweet drinks poured out on (? to) them, and thus obtain their hearts' desire, so the gods, by performing a sacrificial session of a hundred Atirâtras, in accordance with Pragâpati's directions, dispel the darkness and gain the world of heaven.
• Or perhaps, from a cupful of water onwards,-aharahar dadyâd
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