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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
10. But on this point Yagñavalkya said, 'Surely, the cow turns from them as from faithless ones, and they smite the offering with trouble; let him rather do it in this way :-Let him make her get up by pushing her with a staff. And, indeed, as in the case of one driving about here, his horse, or his mule, or his ox yoked (to the car) might become weary, and, by its being urged forward by means of a staff or a goad, he completes the way he wishes to accomplish, even so does he, by that (cow) being urged forward by means of a staff or a goad, attain that heavenly world which he desires to reach.
11. And Aruni, indeed, said, His Agnihotracow, assuredly, is the sky, her calf is that blowing (wind), and the Agnihotra-vessel is this earth). And, verily, the Agnihotra-cow of him who knows this does not perish, for how could yonder (sky) perish ? Neither does the calf of the Agnihotracow of him who knows this perish, for how could that (wind) perish? Nor does the Agnihotra-vessel of him who knows this break to pieces, for how could this (earth) break to pieces ? The rain-cloud showers down blessings: let him therefore think, “Unable to bear my glory and greatness, she (the Agnihotra-cow) has lain down: I shall become more glorious." Let him keep her for himself1: he thereby takes glory (prosperity) to himself, thus spake Åruni. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
12. They also say, 'If any one's Agnihotra-cow were to low whilst he gets it milked, what rite and
* That is, he is not to give the cow to a Brahmana; cf. Kâty. XXV, 1, 17.
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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 |