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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XII KÄNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 11.
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(Stomas), how are these latter performed so as to tend upwards ?' Let him say, 'In that they perform that Dasarátra as one with upward tending Stomas, thereby they do so. Now, the Mahâvrata did not yield itself to the gods saying, "How is it, ye have performed the Vishuvat with upward tending hymns, and me with reversed ones?'
9. The gods said, 'Try ye to find out that sacrificial performance which has upward tending Stomas, and whereby we may gain this.' They saw that Dasarâtra with upward tending Stomas after the manner of the year: what Prishthya-shadaha there is in it that is the seasons, the (three) Khandomas are these worlds, and the tenth day is the year. Thereby they gained this (Mahầvrata), and it yielded itself to them; and, verily, the Mahâvrata yields itself to him who so knows this.
10. And in this way, indeed, there is an ascent of days :-by means of the Opening Atirâtra they ascend the concluding Atirâtra, by means of the Katurvimsa the Mahavrata, by means of an Abhiplava a subsequent Abhiplava, by means of a Prishthya a subsequent Prishthya, by means of the Abhigit the Visvagit, by means of the Svarasåmans the subsequent Svarasämans—but that one day is not ascended, to wit, the Vishuvat: and, verily, he who thus knows this ascends to the state of) one more glorious, and no one inferior to him ascends (to be equal) to him.
11. And in this way, indeed, there is a descent of days :-the Prayaniya Atirâtra descends to the Katurvimsa day, the Katurvimsa day to the Abhiplava, the Abhiplava to the Prishthya, the Prishthya to the Abhigit, the Abhigit to the Svarasåmans, the
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