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.
it. The Adhvaryu calls in the same way (on the masters of lute-players), but does not perform the Prakrama oblations.
8. And on the fourth day, after those (three) offerings have been performed in the same way, there is the same course of procedure. 'Adhvaryu!' he (the Hotri) says.-' Havai hotar!' replies the Adhvaryu.-King Soma Vaishnava',' he says; 'his people are the Apsaras, and they are staying here;'-handsome maidens have come thither: it is these he instructs2;- The Angiras are the Veda: this it is; thus saying, let him go over one section of the Angiras3, as if reciting it. The Adhvaryu calls in the same way (on the masters of luteplayers), but does not perform the Prakrama oblations.
9. And on the fifth day, after those (three) offerings have been performed in the same way, there is the same course of procedure. 'Adhvaryu!' he (the Hotri) says.-' Havai hotar!' replies the
syât tan nigadet'-'let him tell some approved medicine (i. e. some specific, or charm against disease).'
The comm. on Sânkh. S. remarks, Somo Vaishnava iti katurthe; Somo Vaishnavo râgeti Satapathasruteh; pratikagrahanâny etâni.' This seems to show clearly that he takes this as merely the opening words of the legend. Here, again, his words can hardly be taken to refer to a legend regarding Soma in the Satapatha-Brahmana.
* 'Yuvatîk sobhanâ upadisati, tasyaitâh (? tasyaitâbhyak) sabhâyâm anyâsâm apravesât,' comm. on Sankh. S.,- because no other (Apsaras) but these come to his court.
The Sankh. S. has 'let him recite the Ghora'-which the commentator again takes to be the title of a special work of the Atharvans-whilst the Âsv. S. reads 'let him recite some approved ghora (magic spell or operation).
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