Satapatha Bramhana Part 05

SR No.: 007680
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1900
Total Pages: 2017
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 44 MB

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XI KÂNDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 20.
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having offered ghee, offers sacrificial portions, and finally again offers ghee thereon: such a one certainly satisfies them; and, these (oblations) having been satisfied, the gods fill gold cups (for him) ?
17. Concerning this, Yagñavalkya said ?, When, after making an underlayer (of ghee), and cutting portions (from the sacrificial dish), he bastes them (with ghee), then, indeed, he satisfies them; and, they being satisfied, the gods fill (for him) gold cups & Now Saulva yana was Adhvaryu to those who had Ayasthuna · for their Grihapati 6.
18. He said, “Surely, this sacrificial session is supplied with lean cattle and scanty ghee; and yet this one, forsooth, thinks himself a Grihapati !'
19. He (Ayasthuna) said, 'Adhvaryu, thou hast insulted us; and there now are those two spoons which, for a whole year, thou hast not been able to take up (in the proper manner): if I were to instruct thee in (the use of) them, thou wouldst become multiplied in offspring and cattle, and wouldst lead (the Sacrificer) to heaven.'
20. He said, “Let me become thy pupil. He answered, 'Even now, indeed, art thou worthy of being instructed), who hast been our Adhvaryu for a year: I will teach thee this even without thy
1 Tâsâm samtriptânâm âhutínâm bhoktaro devâh prîtåh santo hiranmayân hiranyavikârâms kamasân yagamânâya dâtum yena purayante, Sây.
• Cf. I, 7, 2, 7-10; and part i, p. 192, note 1, where the procedure is explained. * One would expect an 'iti' here.
According to Sa yana, Ayasthuna is the name of a Rishi. • Literally, 'house-lord' or householder—the title of the Sacrificer at sacrificial sessions.
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