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.
duces to joy, and so does the Sura-liquor : both the joy of Soma and the joy of Surâ he thus secures ;
worshipping Indra with good hymns of praise!'—for the hymn of praise is food for the gods, and the sacrifice also is food : by sacrifice, by food, he thus makes him successful. Having sacrificed, they drink (of the milk), and thereby increase what is prosperous with him.
3. He drinks, with (Vág. S. XIX, 34), “The (Soma) which the Asvins (brought away) from Namuki, the Åsura,'--for the two Asvins indeed brought away that (Soma-juice) from Namuki ;
and Sarasvati distilled for the sake of Indra's strength,'—for Sarasvati indeed distilled it for the sake of Indra's strength ;-'that clear, sweet draught,'—for clear and sweet indeed is that draught, Soma ;-King Soma I now drink, -it is thus king Soma that comes to be drunk by him. The cups of Sura-liquor they offer (from) on the southern fire ?, and thereby keep him (the Sacrificer) from evil 8.
4. He (the Pratiprasthâtri) offers (libations from the cups of Sura-liquor“), with (Våg. S. XIX, 33), What essence there is of thine, gathered from the plants,' for this Surâ-liquor, indeed, is the essence
For particulars as to the persons who partake of the respective cups of milk and Sura-liquor, see XII, 8, 2, 22 segg.
i That is, on the fire of the southern of the two special Vedis, see p. 225, note.
Viz. inasmuch as the libations of liquor are not made on the offering-fire proper, the (northern) Ahavaniya, where the oblations from the cups of milk are made.
These cups are of the same kind as those used for the draughts of Soma, being made of palasa-wood, and resembling mortars in shape; cf. part ii, p. 259, note 1, towards the end.
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