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 KÂNDA, 9 ADHYÂYA, I BRÂHMANA, 16. 263
12. And, verily, these two men that seem to be in the eyes, they belong to the Asvins, and the black in the eye) belongs to Sarasvati, and the white to Indra ; and in that, when the victim of the Asvins is being (offered), he makes offering to these deities in common, thereby he puts those (parts of the body) together and takes them to himself.
13. Indra, assuredly, is the mind, Sarasvati speech, and the two Asvins are the ears. Now, whatever one thinks in his mind of that he speaks with his speech, and what he speaks with his speech that one hears with one's ears: thus, in that, when the victim of Sarasvati is being (offered), he makes offering to these deities together, thereby he puts these (parts of the body) together and takes them to himself.
14. Indra, assuredly, is the breath, Sarasvati the tongue, and the two Asvins the nostrils; and inasmuch as through the channel of) the breath (prana) one introduces (prâ-nt) food into himself that is the reason of its being (called) 'prana.' By means of the tongue one distinguishes the essence (taste) of food, and the nostrils, indeed, are the path of the breath; and in that, when the victim of Indra is being (offered), he makes offering to these deities in common, thereby he puts those (parts of the body) together and takes them to himself.
15. Indra, assuredly, is the heart, Savitri the liver, and Varuna the lung; and in that, when Indra's cake is being (offered), he makes offering to these deities in common, thereby he puts those (parts of the body) together and takes them to himself.
16. Savitri, assuredly, is the breath, Varuna the
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