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 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 4.
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against the gods, O divine gods, we have committed, from that sin may Agni deliver me; may he deliver me from all trouble!'- he thereby delivers him from the sin committed against the gods. Whether by day, whether by night we have committed sins, from that sin may Vayu deliver me; may he deliver me from all trouble!'-he thereby delivers him from whatever sin he commits by day and night. Whether waking, whether in sleep we have committed sins, from that sin may Surya deliver me; may he deliver me from all trouble!'-what is awake is men, and what is asleep is the Fathers : he thus delivers him from guilt against men and Fathers.
3. “Whatever sin we have committed in the village, in the forest'—for either in the village or in the forest sin is committed: therefrom he delivers him ;-'whatever in the assembly'-from the sin of the assembly he thereby delivers him ;-'whatever in our organs of sense'—from the sin against the gods he thereby delivers him ;—'whatever against the Sudra or the Arya, whatever against the right of any one, thereof thou art the expiation,'—from all that sin he thereby delivers him.
4. That weswear by the Inviolable Waters', by Varuna, therefrom deliver us, O Varuna!' -he thereby delivers him from sin against Varuna.[He then immerses the pot, with Vag. S. XII, 18;
1 Cf. III, 8, 5, 10, where the text varies slightly— That they say, we swear by the Inviolable (cows, or waters), by Varuna, therefrom deliver us, O Varuna I'
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