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.
moving (round the moveless: the lights shine in the heavens);'—the ruddy bay, doubtless, is yonder sun: it is yonder sun he harnesses for him, for the gaining of the heavenly world.
2. Concerning this they say, 'Surely, the sacrifice goes from him whose beast, when brought up, goes elsewhere than the vedi (altar-ground).' (Let him, therefore, mutter Våg. S. XXIII, 7,] Singer of praise, make that horse come back to us by that path!'-the singer of praise, doubtless, is Vậyu (the wind): it is him he thereby places for him (the Sacrificer) on the other side, and so it does not go beyond that.
3. But, indeed, fiery mettle and energy, cattle, and prosperity depart from him who offers the Asvamedha.
4. With (Vág. S. XXIII, 8), “May the Vasus anoint thee with the Gâyatra metre!' the queen consort anoints (the forepart of the unharnessed horse) ;-ghee is fiery mettle, and the Gayatri also is fiery mettle: two kinds of fiery mettle he thus bestows together on him (the Sacrificer).
5. With, 'May the Rudras anoint thee with the Traishtubha metre!' the (king's) favourite wife anoints (the middle part) :-ghee is fiery mettle, and the Trishtubh is energy: both fiery
with gold ornaments. The Adhvaryu then drives with the Sacrificer to a pond of water to the east of the sacrificial ground (an indispensable feature in choosing the place of sacrifice), and having driven into the water he makes him pronounce the formula XXIII, 7, When the wind hath entered the waters, the dear form of Indra, do thou, singer of praise, make that horse come back to us by that path ;' whereupon they return to the sacrificial ground.
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