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, 5 ADHYÂYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 7.
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but if (thou hast offered it) not knowing this, then it has not been offered by thee.'
5. He (Uddalaka) said, 'My Agnihotra cow is Ida, Manu's daughter?; my calf is of Vâyu's nature; the (cow) joined by the calf is in conjunction therewith®; their meeting is the Virág ; (the milk) when being milked belongs to the. Asvins, and when it has been milked, to the Visve Devâh; when brought (from the stable) it belongs to Vayu; when put on (the fire), to Agni; when the light is thrown on it, it belongs to Indra and Agni; when water is poured thereto it belongs to Varuna; when being taken off (the fire), to Vayu ; when it has been taken off, to Heaven and Earth; when being ladled out, to the Asvins ; when it has been ladled out, to the Visve Devâh; when lifted up, to Mahadeva; when being taken (to the Åhavaniya), to Väyu ; when held down, to Vishnu.
6. 'And the log I put on (the fire) is the restingplace of the libations; and as to the first libation, I therewith gratified the gods; and when I laid down (the spoon with the milk), that belongs to Brihaspati; and when I looked away, then I joined together this and yonder world; and as to the second libation, I thereby settled myself in the heavenly world.
7. ‘And when, having offered, I shake (the spoon), that belongs to Vayu ; and when, having cleansed the spoon all round (the spout), I wiped it on the grass-bunch, then I gratified the herbs and trees ;
i See the legend, I, 8, 1, 1 seqq.
. That is, according to Sayana, 'the sky allied with Våyu, the wind,'— vậyuna samsrishtà dyauh.
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