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.
is being produced it is the body (trunk) that is produced first. Sitting south (of the hearth-site) with his face to the north he puts on first one (brick) of the upper (north) part 1 (of the trunk); and in this manner that Agni of his comes to be built up towards (or for the Sacrificer) himself.
22. (He puts it on, with Vag. S. XII, 47; Rik S. III, 22, 1, &c.] 'This is the Agni wherein Indra taketh the Soma-juice,' for the Garhapatya hearth is this (terrestrial) world, and the Soma-juice is the waters: Indra thus took up the waters in this world;
'into his belly, craving it,'--for the belly is the centre ;—'thousandfold strength, like a swift racer,'--the thousandfold strength, doubtless, is the waters,—thou, having gained, art exalted, O knower of beings!' that is, thou, being built, art built ?, O knower of beings!'
23. [The second brick, with Vâg. S. XII, 48] 'O Agni, what splendour is thine in the heaven,'
-his splendour in the heaven doubtless is the sun ;'on earth,' that on earth is this fire ;-'and that which is in the plants, in the waters, O holy one!' he thereby means the fire that is both in the plants, and in the waters ;—'wherewith thou hast overspread the wide air,'—that is, the wind ;
brilliant is that light, surging, man-viewing;' that is, 'great is that light, surging, man-viewing.'
24. [The third, with Vâg. S. XII, 49] 'O Agni,
1 In laying down the bricks he again follows the course of the sun, that is, he lays down the four large or central ones from north to south, then the two back ones from south to north, and finally the two front ones from north to south.
• ? That is, Thou, being built (as the Gârbapatya), art built (once more as the Ahavaniya).
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