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, 9 ADHYÂYA, I BRâhmana, 8.
his tongue, the dish (kapya) his anus, the tail (whisk) his bladder.
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4. And the sacrificial animal of the Asvins is his limbs, that of Sarasvati his trunk, Indra's bull his form, whence they say that man's form (wealth) is kine, the gold (plate) is his vital strength; it is of the weight of a hundred (grains), whence man has a life of a hundred (years).
5. The two cups of the Asvins are his eyes, and the ground wheat and kuvala (jujubes) his eyelashes; the two cups of Sarasvati are his nostrils, and the ground Indra-grain and badara (jujubes) the hair in his nostrils; the two cups of Indra are his ears, and the ground barley and karkandhu (jujubes) the hair of his ears and his eyebrows.
6. And the hairs of wolf are the hair on his abdomen and that below; and the hairs of tiger are the hair on his chest and that of his armpits; and the hairs of lion are the hair of his head and his beard.
7. There are three sacrificial animals, for this body of man consists of three parts: it is the body he thereby wins (in heaven) for him ;-what is below the navel (hewins) by that of the Asvins, what is above the navel and below the head by that of Sarasvati, and the head itself by that of Indra: both as to its (bodily) form and as to its deities he thus delivers his own self from death, and makes it immortal.
8. There are three sacrificial cakes, for this life of man consists of three parts: it is life he thereby wins for him;-the early life (he wins) by that of Indra, the middle (part of) life by that of Savitri, and the last (part of) life by that of Varuna: both as to its (bodily) form and as to its deities he thus delivers his life from death, and makes it immortal.
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