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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makshikâ has good support in the literature. At Tait. S. V, 5, 12, 1; Maitr. S. III, 14, 13; Våg. S. XXIV, 32 the word occurs in connection with other animals (Mahîdhara, sakunti; Madhava, sakâ makshike ty eke, dirgha-karno mrigavisesha ity apare), and as the word is preceded or followed there by suka, 'parrot,' and sâri (see the note on st. 5), there is no doubt but what Sâyana has hit the point. I should not be surprised to find the sakâ identical with the krisa, mentioned at Kaus. 10, 2, along with suka and sârikâ. Cf. also Tait. S. V, 5, 18, 1, and commentary. Grill suggests an improbable remedy, sâkeva=sâka(m) iva or sâkâ iva, 'like vegetables' (cf. German, 'wie 's unkraut').
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
Stanza 5.
b. sârisakeva (Padap. sârisakâ iva) is doubtful. Sâyana, helplessly, kshanena sahasraso bhivardhamânâh prâziviseshâh; the suggestion seems incredible even from Sâyana. sâri (= sâri, sârikâ, and sârikâ) is a certain bird which, like the parrot (suka), imitates the human voice; see Tait. S. V, 5, 12, 1; Maitr. S. III, 14, 14; Vag. S. XXIV, 33. It appears there in connection with suka, 'parrot,' and sakâ (cf. st. 4). It seems hardly possible that our passage does not harbour these very two words, and accordingly I have emended to sârisukeva (= sârisukâh iva, with double sandhi). Cf. also Kaus. 10, 2. The translators have again endeavoured to find sákrit, saknás in the second part of the word. For further suggestions, all of which seem to me to be silenced by the considerations advanced in this and the preceding notes, see Grill, 1. c.
III, 15. COMMENTARY TO PAGE 148.
The Sûtra rubricates the hymn in various non-significant practices. At Kaus. 50, 12 the merchant, while reciting the hymn, sets up (or, loads up) his ware (or, his shop), after it has been anointed with the dregs of ghee. At 59, 6 the person who desires merchandise recites the hymn. Cf. Gobh. IV, 8, 19 ff.; Khâd. IV, 3, 7. The hymnn is also
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