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XIII KÂNDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 3. 403
upon the Brihatl: and thus he finally establishes himself, by means of the Brihati metre, in the heavenly world.
Sixth Adhyâya. First BRÂHMANA.
THE PURUSHAMEDHA, OR HUMAN SACRIFICE. 1. Purusha Narayana desired, Would that I overpassed all beings! would that I alone were every. thing here (this universe)!' He beheld this fivedays' sacrificial performance, the Purushamedha, and took it', and performed offering therewith ; and having performed offering therewith, he overpassed all beings, and became everything here. And, verily, he who, knowing this, performs the Purushamedha, or who even knows this, overpasses all beings, and becomes everything here..
2. For this (offering) there are twenty-three Dikshås, twelve Upasads, and five Sutyas (Somadays). This, then, being a forty-days' (performance), including the Dikshâs and Upasads, amounts to a Viråg, for the Virág consists of forty syllables : [Våg. S. XXXI, 5.] Thence 8 Virag (f.) was born, and from out of Virág the Parusha.'
"That is, according to Harisvâmin, he brought its powers into play, and accomplished all his desires :-tatsadhanâny upâpâdayat, tenåyam yaganena samihitam sakalam sådhitavan ity arthah.
· The Virág-verse consists of decasyllabic pâdas, the most common form of the verse being one of three padas (or thirty syllables), whilst here the one consisting of four pâdas is alluded to, and Virag. verses of one and two padas likewise occur. There is also a parallel form of the Virág-metre consisting of (usually three) hendeca-syllabic pâdas. That is, from the Purusha ; cf. Rig-v. S. X, 90, 5.
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| SR No. | 007680 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 05 |
| 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 |