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.
into him that vital sap which flowed away beyond these worlds 1
18. From outside the Vedi (he takes them),—the Vedi being this (earth), and that vital sap which is in this (terrestrial) world being already possessed by him, he now puts into him the vital sap which flowed beyond this (earth).
19. He takes them with the sacrificial (wooden) sword,—the sword is a thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt means force, and this (earth) means wealth : by force he thus obtains wealth.
20. From the front side he brings one, with (Våg. S. XII, 102), “May he not injure me who is the begetter of the Earth!'-the begetter of the Earth doubtless is Pragàpati (the lord of creatures and generation): thus, May Pragâpati not injure me!'_'Or he of true ordinances who hath pervaded the sky,' that is, 'Or he of true ordinances who has created the sky;'_'Or he who first begat the shining waters,'—the shining waters doubtless are the men : thus, 'he who first created men; '-'To the god Ka (who?) let us do homage by offering !' Ka doubtless is Pragâpati, thus, 'To him let us do homage by offering !' Having brought it he puts it on the body (of the altar-site) inside the enclosing-stones : he thereby puts into him (Agni) what vital sap had flowed away from him in the eastern direction, and also the eastern region itself he bestows upon him.
21. Then (he fetches a clod) from the south, with (Vág. S. XII, 103), "Turn hither, O Earth, with
· Viz. when these worlds were plunged into the water, see VI, 1, I, I2.
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