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VII KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 5.
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the sacred work; and thus indeed the middle is completed, after the two ends have been completed.
THE ALTAR OF NIRRITI. SECOND ADHYÂYA. First BRÂHMANA. 1. They now take the Nirriti (bricks) from there. For, having built the Gârhapatya, the gods then ascended it,—the Gârhapatya being this (earth-) world, it is this world they ascended after completing it. They saw nothing but darkness not to be seen through.
2. They said, “Think ye upon this, how we may dispel that darkness, evil!' They said, Meditate ye (ketay)!'—whereby indeed they said, 'Seek ye to build an altar (kitim)!'—'Seek ye so that we may dispel that darkness, evil!'
3. Whilst meditating, they saw those Nirriti bricks; they piled them up, and by them dispelled that darkness, evil; for Nirriti (corruption, or destruction) is evil; and inasmuch as by them they dispelled Nirriti, evil, these are Nirriti's (bricks).
4. Now that same thing which the gods did, is done here: even now that darkness, that evil, has indeed been dispelled by the gods themselves; but when he now does this, it is because he thinks, 'I must do what the gods did.' And, besides, he removes, by means of these (bricks), whatever evil, whatever corruption there is; and because he removes by them evil, corruption (nirriti), therefore these are Nirriti's (bricks).
5. And, again, why they take these (bricks) of Nirriti ;—when the gods restored the relaxed Pragapati, they cast him as seed into the fire-pan, the
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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 |