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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
37. As to this they say, 'As seed is moist, and he scatters dry sand, how does it become moist for him, after the manner of seed ?' Well, the metres are vital sap, and vital sap is moist; and inasmuch as he scatters that (sand) with metres, it is thus that it becomes moist for him, after the manner of seed.
38. As to this they say, 'How does it come to be put on for him by means of the day and the night?' Well, day and night are two, and there are two (kinds of) seed, the white and the black : as black and white it is thus put on for him by means of the day and the night.
39. As to this they say, 'How does that (sand), put on by the days and nights, become complete (or perfect) for him, neither deficient, nor superabundant ?' Well, endless are the days and nights, and endless is the sand: it is thus that, put on by the days and nights, it becomes complete for him, neither deficient, nor superabundant. •And wherefrom (is obtained) the oceanic (Samudriya 1) metre?' The ocean is endless, and the sand is endless : that is the oceanic metre.
40. As to this they say, 'How is that (sand) of his put on separately with different prayers ?' Well, prayer is thought; this thought, prayer, comes to be equal to the whole sand”: and thus that (sand) of his comes to be put on separately with different prayers.
41. As to this they say, 'How does that (sand) of his come to be put on by all the metres ?'Inasmuch as he scatters it with that hymn of six verses; for as many syllables as there are in the
1 The exact purport of this term is not clear.
: Sikatah, sand, is plural, consisting as it does of a multiplicity of sand-grains
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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 |