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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XII KÂNDA, 2 ADAYÂYA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 1.
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and one and the same day are those two, the Katurvimsa and the Mahâvrata ;
20. But how many are there really ?'—'Four,' he replied.-- Four, indeed,' he said ; 'animals are four-footed, and animals constitute a sacrifice; and one and the same day are those two, the Prishthya and Abhiplava ;
21. But how many are there really ?'— Three,' he replied. — Three, indeed,' he said ; there are three metres, three worlds ; and the (Soma-) sacrifice consists of three services, and one and the same day are those two, the Abhigit and Visvagit ;
22. But how many are there really?'—*Two,' he replied.—'Two, indeed,' he said ; 'for man is two-footed, and the sacrifice is man; and one and the same day are the Svarasâmans ;
23. But how many are there really?'—' One,' he replied.-'A day, indeed,' he said ; 'the whole year is just that day after day :'—this is the mystic import of the year; and, verily, whosoever thus knows this mystic import of the year grows more (and more) glorious up to the end of) it; he becomes possessed of a (new) body, he becomes the year, and in the shape of the year he joins the gods.
THIRD BRAHMANA. 1. That year, doubtless, amounts to a Brihati, there are two shadahas (12) of winning days *; the
Prof. Oldenberg (Zeitschr. d. Deutschen Morg. Ges., vol. 50, p. 460) takes 'upanishad' in the sense of worship'—this is the worship to be offered to the year.' Perhaps meditation' might be the more appropriate rendering :- this is the form in which the year should be meditated upon.' Cf. X, 4, 5, 1; 5, 1, 1.
· The term 'árkshyat' is apparently a future participle of a-arg;'
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