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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XIII KÅNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 7 BRAHMANA, 14. 319
here, neither suffer harm,'-he thereby cheers it ;-'on easy paths thou goest to the gods,'he thereby shows him the paths leading to the gods;—'where dwell the pious, whither they have gone,'-he thereby makes it one who shares the same world with the pious;-'thither the god Savitri shall lead thee,'-it is, indeed, Savitri that leads him to the heavenly world.—Whilst whispering ? 'I sprinkle thee, acceptable unto Praga pati,' he then holds (the sprinkling water) under (its mouth).
13. [Vag. S. XXIII, 17,] 'Agni was an animal; they sacrificed him, and he gained that world wherein Agni (ruleth): that shall be thy world, that thou shalt gain,-drink thou this water!'-—' As great as Agni's conquest was, as great as is his world, as great as is his lordship, so great shall be thy conquest, so great thy world, so great thy lordship,' this is what he thereby says to him.
14. Vậyu was an animal; they sacrificed him, and he gained that world wherein Vayu (ruleth): that shall be thy world, that thou shalt gain,-drink thou this water!'-'As great as Vâyu's conquest was, as great as is his world, as great as is his lordship, so great shall be thy conquest, so great thy world, so great thy lordship,' this is what he thereby says to him.
MT
Cp. I, 4, 5, 12: Hence whatever at the sacrifice is performed for Pragapati, that is performed in a low voice (under the breath); for speech would not act as oblation-bearer for Pra gâpati.' Pragâ pati, as representing generation, is often spoken of as "undefined' or unexpressed (secret)'; and so is what is muttered in a low voice.
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