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.
Upasads; on the Ågnidhra, if it is at the Somapressing ;-for whatever joint of the sacrifice fails, that breaks; and whichever then is the deity in that (part of the sacrifice) through that deity he heals the sacrifice, through that one he makes the sacrifice complete again!
3. If, however, the sacrifice, resolved upon in his mind, were not to incline to him ?, let him perform an oblation with, “To Parameshthin hail!' for Parameshthin (the most high) he (Soma 3) then is : he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
4. And if the sacrifice, bespoken by his speech, . were not to incline to him, let him perform an oblation with, 'To Pragâ pati hail!' for Pragâpati (the lord of creatures) he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
5. And if any one's (people), having gone in quest of the King (Soma), do not come back bringing · (Soma-plants), let him perform an oblation with,
To the plant hail !' for the plant he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
6. And if, when acquired, (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap, let him perform an oblation with, 'To Savitri hail!' for Savitri he then is : he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
7. And if during the initiation (his Soma) were
Cf. IV, 5, 7, 6. 9 That is to say, if untoward circumstances were to arise threatening to prevent the intended Soma-sacrifice. The mental resolve (samkalpa), on the part of the Sacrificer, is the first act in the performance of a sacrifice.
Or, it (the sacrifice), as Harisvâmin takes it. • That is, after he has announced his intention to perform a Soma-sacrifice, by saying 'Somena yakshye,' 'I will sacrifice by means of Soma.'
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