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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
inanimate. Of those with omenta he offers the omenta, and of those without omenta they throw down pieces cut out of the skin', and of herbs and trees they do so after cutting them up,every kind of food of both the dry and the fresh he offers, in order to gain every kind of food. Everything he offers, and to every one he offers in order to gain and to win everything. The omenta having been offered at the morning-service, and in the same way the oblations at the eveningservice,
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10. The eighth day is a Trinava one, for the Trixava (stoma) is the thunderbolt, and by means of the thunderbolt, indeed, lordship (kshatra) is gained: by means of the thunderbolt he thus gains lordship.
11. The ninth day is a Trayastrimsa one3, for the sake of his gaining a foothold, for the Trayastrimsa (stoma) is a foothold.
12. The tenth day is a Visvagit Atirâtra with all the Prishthas, for the sake of his gaining and winning everything, for the Visvagit Atirâtra with all the Prishthas is everything, and the Sarvamedha is everything.
13. Now as to the sacrificial fees: whatever there is towards the middle of the kingdom other than the property of the Brahmana, but including land and
1 Lit., ' after cutting (pieces) out of the skin they throw down.' ⚫ That is, one on which the Trinava (thrice-nine-versed) Stoma is used in chanting.
That is, one on which the thirty-three-versed hymn-form is used.
For a Soma-sacrifice with all the Prishtha-sâmans, see part iii, introd. p. xx seqq. On the two kinds of Visvagit ekâhas, the Agnish/oma and the Atirâtra Visvagit, see part iv, p. 320, note 2.
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| 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 |