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MANDALA I, HYMN 27.
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10. O Garâbodha1! Accomplish this (task) for every house: a beautiful song of praise for worshipful Rudra3.
11. May he, the great, the immeasurable, the smoke-bannered, rich in splendour, incite us to (pious) thoughts and to strength.
12. May he hear us, like the rich lord of a clan, the banner of the gods, on behalf of our hymns, Agni with bright light.
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13. Reverence to the great ones, reverence to the lesser ones! Reverence to the young, reverence to the old1! Let us sacrifice to the gods, if we can. May I not, O gods, fall as a victim to the curse of my better2.
NOTES.
The hymn is ascribed to Sunahsepa (see note on I, 26). The metre is Gâyatrî; the last verse is Trish/ubh.
The laws of arrangement of the Samhitâ show that this hymn, which has thirteen verses and follows after a hymn of ten verses belonging to the same deity, must be divided into a number of minor hymns. On the question of this division some further light is thrown by the metre. The first six verses and then again the verses 10-12 are composed in the trochaic form of the Gâyatrî metre; of the verses 7-9, on the other hand, not a single Pâda shows the characteristics of that metre. I believe, therefore, that the verses 1-6 form one hymn by themselves, or possibly two hymns of three verses each. Then follow two hymns: verses 7-9, 10-12. As to verse 13, which is composed in a different metre, it is difficult to determine its exact nature. It may be a later addition: though in that case
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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 |