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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
Now (some) put the omentum of the Gomriga and that of the hornless he-goat upon the horse and then take it (to the Ahavantya), saying, 'The horse
has no omentum.' Let him not do so: of the horse he should certainly take the fat; the (omenta of the) others are normal.
II. When the omenta have been roasted, and when they have performed (the oblations) with the Svâhâs1, and returned to the back (of the sacrificial ground), they hold a Brahmodya (theological discussion) in the Sadas. Having entered by the front door, they sit down at their several hearths.
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12. The Hotri asks the Adhvaryu (Vâg. S. XXIII, 45), 'Who is it that walketh singly?...' He replies to him (ib. 46), 'Surya (the sun) walkth singly...'
13. The Adhvaryu then asks the Hotri (Vâg. S. XXIII, 47), 'Whose light is there equal to the sun?...' He replies to him (ib. 48), 'The Brahman (n.) is the light equal to the sun...'
14. The Brahman then asks the Udgâtri (Våg. S. XXIII, 49), 'I ask thee for the sake of knowledge, O friend of the gods [if thou hast applied thy mind thereto: hath Vishnu entered the whole world at those three places at which offering is made unto him?]' and he replies (ib. 50), 'I too am at those three places [at which he entered the whole world:
1 See III, 8, 2, 21-23.
For a similar discussion between the Brahman and Hotri, prior to the binding of the victims to the stakes, see XIII, 2, 6, 9 seqq.
For the complete verse, comprising four questions, see XIII, 2, 6, 10-13; the answers being given there in the form of explanations.
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