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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
ours!' They made this (earth) to be his self (body), for protection, thinking, 'The self will protect itself.'
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2. He digs him out with (the help of) Aditi, in order to guard him from injury; for Aditi is this earth, and one does not injure one's own self; but were he to dig with (the help of) another deity, he surely would injure him (Agni).
3. [Vâg. S. XI, 61] 'May the divine Aditi, dear to all the gods, dig thee, Angiras-like, O hole, in the lap of the earth!'-for this hole (is dug) among the gods. That bamboo spade now disappears. This hole is four-cornered, for there are four quarters: he thus digs it from all the quarters'. Having then laid down fuel in it, he silently puts the 'invincible' (brick) thereon, for that is made first.
4. He then sets down the fire-pan (with the bottom part upwards), with, ' May the divine wives of the gods, dear to all the gods, place thee, Angiraslike, O fire-pan, in the lap of the earth!' for of old the divine wives of the gods, dear to all the gods, indeed, like Angiras, placed that (fire-pan) into the lap of the earth, and by (the help of) them he now places it. But, surely, these are the plants,-the wives of the gods are indeed the plants; for by the plants everything here is supported: by means of the plants he thus supports this (fire-pan). He then lays down silently the 'all-light' (bricks). Having then placed fuel thereon he kindles it.
5. May the divine Dhishanâs, dear to all the gods, kindle thee, Angiras-like, O fire-pan, in the lap of the earth!' for of old the divine
1 Sarvâbhyo digbhya enam avatam khanati tam ka sarvâsu dikshu mashtra na himsanti, Sây.
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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 |