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.
to the gods !' and 'To the gods hail!' he makes offering by means of the king (Soma) on both sides of the omentum: he thereby gratifies those gods who are in this world, and those who are in the other, and thus gratified, both these kinds of gods lead him to the heavenly world.
THIRD Adhyâya. First BRÂHMANA. 1. Pragâ pati's eye swelled; it fell out: thence the horse was produced ; and inasmuch as it swelled (asvayat), that is the origin and nature of the horse (asva). By means of the Asvamedha the gods restored it to its place; and verily he who performs the Asvamedha makes Pragàpati complete, and he (himself) becomes complete; and this, indeed, is the atonement for everything, the remedy for everything. Thereby the gods redeem all sin, yea, even the slaying of a Brahman' they thereby redeem; and he who performs the Asvamedha redeems all sin, he redeems the slaying of a Brahman.
2. It was the left eye of Pragâpati that swelled : hence they cut off the (meat) portions from the left
been in the day and the year; what greatness of thine there hath been in the wind and the air; what greatness of thine there hath been in the heavens and the sun, to that greatness of thine, to Pragâ pati, hail, to the gods l' whilst that of the second Mabiman cup runs thus (XXIII, 4): What greatness of thine there hath been in the night and the year; what greatness of thine there hath been in the earth and the fire; what greatness of thine there hath been in the Nakshatras (lunar asterisms) and the moon, to that greatness of thine, to Pragâ pati, to the gods, haill' cf. XIII, 5, 2, 23; 3, 7.
i See XIII, 3, 5, 3 seq.
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