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.
wind), glory Åditya (the sun), and what other gods there are they are everything.
9. And light, indeed, is the Rig-veda, might the Yagur-veda, glory the Sama-veda, and what other Vedas there are they are everything.
10. And light, indeed, is speech, might the breath, glory the eye, and what other vital airs there are they are everything.
11. Let him know this :-'All the worlds have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the worlds ; all the gods have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the gods; all the Vedas have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within all the Vedas; all the vital airs have I placed within mine own self, and mine own self have I placed within the vital airs.' For imperishable, indeed, are the worlds, imperishable the gods, imperishable the Vedas, imperishable the vital airs, imperishable is the All: and, verily, whosoever thus knows this, passes from the imperishable unto the imperishable, conquers recurrent death, and attains the full measure of life.
Fifth BRAHMANA. 1. Of old, indeed, they were wont to seize this victim as one dedicated to Savitri, but now they seize it as one dedicated to Pragâpati, saying, 'Savitri, in truth, is the same as Pragậpati.' It is therefore after having thrown together the (sacrificial) fires that they ought to perform this (animal) sacrifice on the Grihapati's own fires, thinking, ‘May we also have a share in this tail (of the victim) wherewith they are now making offering together to the wives
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