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XIII KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 10. 409
with vigour, the Sacrificer thus repels evil from about him.
7. Last of all he seizes eight; the Gâyatri consists of eight syllables, and the Gâyatri is the Brahman (n.): he thus makes the Brahman to be the ultimate thing of this universe, whence they say that the Brahman is the ultimate thing of this universe.
8. These (eight) are sacred to Pragâpati,Pragâpati assuredly is the Brahman, for Pragâpati is of the nature of the Brahman': therefore they are sacred to Pragâpati.
9. When about to bring up the victims, he offers those three oblations to Savitri, with (Vâg. S. XXX, 1-3), 'God Savitri, (speed the sacrifice, speed the lord of sacrifice unto his share)!'— 'May we obtain that glorious light of the God Savitri, (who shall inspire our prayers)!' -'All troubles remove thou from us, O God Savitri; bestow unto us what is auspicious!' He thus pleases Savitri, and thus pleased with him, he (Savitri) impels (speeds) those (sacrificial) men, and he seizes them impelled by that (Savitri).
10. For the priesthood he seizes a Brahmana, for the Brahmana is the priesthood: he thus joins priesthood to priesthood;-for the nobility he seizes a Râganya, for the Râganya is the nobility: he thus joins nobility to nobility;-for the Maruts (he seizes) a Vaisya, for the Maruts are the clans (peasants): he thus joins peasantry to peasantry;—
That is, of the divine spirit, the world-soul, of which Pragâpati is, as it were, the personification, or phenomenal representative.
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Or, he perfects, completes, the priesthood by (adding to it a member of) the priesthood.
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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 |