Page Text
________________
266
SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
19,] 'O laving bath, laving thou glidest along,' -the bath, indeed, is that whirlpool (now produced) in the water, and that indeed is either Varuna's son or brother: it is him he thereby praises;-'with the help of the gods have I expiated1 the sin committed against gods,' he thereby expiates the sin committed against gods;-'with the help of mortals that committed against mortals,— he thereby expiates the sin committed against mortals;-'preserve me, O God, from injury from the fiercely-howling (demon)!' whereby he means to say,' Protect me against all inflictions!'
5. 'In the ocean, in the waters, is thy heart,'for the ocean is the waters, and water is sap: with that sap he thus supplies him ;-'may the plants and waters unite with thee!'-he thereby supplies him with both kinds of sap, that which is in plants, and that which is in water.-He goes two steps northward from out (of the water); for as much as the step is the briskness in man: with what briskness there is in him he thus leaves evil behind him.
"
6. With, May the waters and plants be friendly unto us!' he takes water in his joined hands; for water is a thunderbolt: he thus makes a covenant with the thunderbolt;-and with, 'May they be unfriendly unto him who hateth us, and whom we hate!' let him sprinkle it in whatever direction he who is hateful to him may be, and he thereby discomfits him.
7. With (Vâg. S. XX, 20), 'As one set free (is liberated) from the stake, as he who sweateth
1 Cf. II, 5, 2, 47; IV, 4, 5, 22, where the formula has 'ava ayâsisham' (correct,-'with the help of the gods have I wiped out the sin committed against the gods') instead of 'ava yakshi.'
Digitized by
Google
| 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 |