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, 8 ADHYÂYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 17. 243
Apri-verses;' for the directions (praisha) are in the Brihatt (metre), and the pressing-stones are of bårhata nature: by means of stones the Somajuice is indeed pressed out, and by means of stones he now presses it out for the sake of (conformity with) the Soma-pressing.
15. All (the praishas) contain (the word) payas' (milk), for in the form of milk Soma is (here) pressed?; they all contain (the word) Soma,' for the sake of (conformity with) the Soma-pressing ; they all contain (the word) 'parisrut' (spirituous liquor), for in the form of spirituous liquor Soma is (here) pressed; they all contain (the word) 'ghrita' (ghee), for this—to wit, ghee-doubtless is manifestly a form of the sacrifice: he thus makes it to be manifestly a form of the sacrifice; they all contain (the word) 'madhu' (honey), for this to wit, honey-is manifestly a form of Soma : he thus makes it to be manifestly a form of Soma.
16. They all refer to the Asvins?, for the sake of healing-power s; they all refer to Sarasvati, for the obtainment of food; they all refer to Indra, for the obtainment of energy, or vital power.
17. And, again, as to why they all refer to the Asvins, all of them to Sarasvati, and all of them to Indra,—these, indeed, were the deities who first
yakshat' (may the Hotri worship !), and end with 'payah somah parisruta ghritam madhu vyantv ágyasya hotar yaga' (milk, Soma, with parisrut-liquor, ghee, honey,-may they partake of the butter, Hotri worship I).
? ? Literally, 'by (way of) milk'-or, perhaps, by the admixture of milk-Soma is (here, as it were) produced.'
? In all the directions referred to, the three deities are named.
. The two Asvins are the physicians of the gods. Cf. IV, 1, 5, 8 seqq.; XII, 7, 2, 3.
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