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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fiery spirit; and inasmuch as there is (a victim) sacred to the Asvins, he (the priest) bestows eyesight, fiery spirit, on this (Sacrificer). And the ear also (he thereby bestows on him), for one and the same are the eye and the ear.
5. Sarasvati is the breath, vital power; and inasmuch as there is (a victim) sacred to Sarasvati, he bestows breath, vital power, on this (Sacrificer). And the off-breathing also (he thereby bestows on him), for one and the same are the breath (of the mouth) and the off-breathing.
SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
6. Indra is speech, strength; and inasmuch as there is (a victim) sacred to Indra, he bestows speech, strength, on this (Sacrificer); and mind also, for one and the same are speech and mind.
7. 'He-goats are sacred to the Asvins, ewes to Sarasvati, and cows (and bulls) to Indra,' they say: if these animals are sacrificed, he, by means of those deities, gains those (three) animals.
8. There is a mare with a foal: the one-hoofed (animal), glory, he thereby secures (for the Sacrificer*). There are hairs of wild beasts, for the purpose of securing the wild beasts;-there are hairs of wolf: vigour, the impetuous rush of wild beasts, he thereby secures; there are hairs of tiger: courage, the sway of wild beasts, he thereby secures ;-there are hairs
1 According to XII, 9, 2, 11, a milch cow with her calf are given as dakshinâ for the two paps offered to Aditi, whilst a mare and foal, according to XII, 7, 2, 21, are the fee for the offering of the three victims; though Kâtyâyana, it is true, makes no mention of this dakshinâ.
Or, perhaps, he (the Sacrificer) secures for himself; but see paragraph 15, 'asmai avarunddhe.'
Hairs of a wolf, tiger, and lion are put into the cups of spirituous liquor from which libations are made.
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