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VII KANDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 41. 413
a verse to Agni (he worships): it is to Agni he thereby makes amends;-with an undefined one; the undefined means everything: by means of everything he thus makes amends to him ;-with (a verse) containing the word 'youngest:' this indeed, to wit, the youngest, is his favourite form;-inasmuch as when born he took possession (yu) of everything here, he is the youngest (yavishtha).
39. [Vâg. S. XIII, 52; Rik S. VIII, 84, 3]' Shield thou, O youngest, the men of the liberal worshipper!' the liberal worshipper is the Sacrificer, and the men are the people;-'hear thou the songs!' that is, hear this hymn of praise!-'protect thou kin and self!' the kin (race) means offspring: thus, 'protect both (the Sacrificer's) offspring and himself.'
40. Having stepped on the altar and walked round behind the naturally-perforated (brick), he lays down the Apasyâh (water-bricks);—now the Apasyâh are the same as water, and the water has gone out of these victims he thus puts water into these victims, when he lays down the Apasyâh (bricks). He lays them down close to the (heads of the) animals: he thereby puts the water together with the animals. He lays down five (bricks) in each quarter, for five are those victims. He lays them down in every (quarter): everywhere he thus puts water into them.
41. Now the first fifteen are the Apasyâh,-water is a thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt is fifteenfold; -hence wherever the waters flow, there they destroy evil; and verily the thunderbolt destroys the evil of this place: hence, when it rains one should go about uncovered, thinking, 'May that thunderbolt remove evil from me!'
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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 |