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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
5. He went forth from thence westward, and lo, men, sitting still, were being eaten by men, sitting still! He said, “Horrible! woe is me! men, sitting still, are eating men, sitting still!' They replied, 'Thus, indeed, these have dealt with us in yonder world, and so we now deal with them in return.' He said, 'Is there no atonement for this ? '-'Yes, there is,' they replied.—'What is it?'—'Thy father knows.
6. He went forth from thence northward, and lo, men, crying aloud, were being eaten by men, crying aloud! He said, 'Horrible! woe is me! men, crying aloud, here are eating men, crying aloud !' They replied, 'Thus, indeed, these dealt with us in yonder world, and so we now deal with them in return.' He said, “Is there no atonement for this ? '— Yes, there is,' they replied.—'What is it?'—'Thy father knows.
7. He went forth from thence toward the northern of those two intermediate quarters in front, and lo, there were two women, one beautiful, one overbeautifull: between them stood a man, black, with yellow eyes, and a staff in his hand. On seeing him, terror seized him, and he went home, and sat down. His father said to him, 'Study thy day's lesson (of scripture): why dost thou not study thy lesson ?' He said, "What am I to study ? there is nothing whatever.' Then Varuna knew, He has indeed seen it!'
8. He spake, “As to those men whom thou
According to Sâyana 'ati-kalyani' means 'not beautiful (asobhana), ugly. Perhaps its real meaning is one of past beauty,' one whose beauty has faded.
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