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XII KÂNDA, 8 ADHYAYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 13. 251
injure me!' for the black antelope skin is the sacrifice: (thus it is spread) for the safety of the sacrifice and his own self.
10. He then mounts it, with a verse to Varuna (Våg. S. XX, 2), for Varuna is the king of the gods: by means of his own deity he thus consecrates him ?,-'He hath sat down, the up holder of the sacred law, Varuna, in the home-steads, for supreme rule, he the wise!'
11. He then throws down a gold and a silver plate (beneath his feet, the silver one beneath the left foot) with, Protect (me) from death!' (the gold one beneath the right foot with,)
Protect (me) from lightning!' The Virag, doubtless, is the rain, and of this there are these two terrible forms, lightning and hail ; of these the gold plate is of the form of lightning, and the silver one of that of hail : against these two deities he affords protection to him, whence he who has performed the Sautrâmant has no fear of these two deities, as he also who thus knows this.
12. He consecrates him by sprinkling him with the fat gravy of the sacrificial animals, for the gravy of the animals means excellence : with that excellence, the essence of cattle, he thus sprinkles him. But that gravy is also the highest kind of food : with the highest kind of food he thus sprinkles him.
13. There are hoof-cups (of gravy), for on hoofs cattle support themselves : he thus causes him to obtain a support. There are thirty-three (such)
· Cf. V, 4, 4, 5, where the verse is explained.
? Or, on the bead, according to others. The plates are of the usual round shape.
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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 |