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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MANDALA I, HYMN 127.
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MANDALA I, HYMN 127. ASHTAKA II, ADHYÁYA 1, VARGA 12–13.
1. I deem Agni to be the munificent Hotri, the Vasu, the Son of strength, Gâtavedas, like a priest, Gâta vedas? : the best performer of the sacrifice, the god who with his upright body that is turned towards the gods, and with his flame longs for the shine of the (boiling) ghee), of the butter that is offered in (the fire).
2. May we, the sacrificers, call thee hither, the best of sacrificers', the first of the Angiras, O priest, with our prayers, with priestly prayers, O bright one? : thee who like the heaven encompassest the earth, the Hotri of human tribes, the manly flamehaired, whom these folks—whom all folks should favour in order to speed him (to our sacrifice).
3. He indeed, shining mightily with his shining strength', becomes the conqueror of deceitful foes 2
-like an axe, the conqueror of deceitful foes?. He at whose onslaughts even what is strong melts away', steady things (waste away) like forests (which are burnt or bend down in the storm)". Conquering he holds himself back; he does not proceed. As with a conquering bow-man he proceeds.
4. Even what is firm gives way before him: thus it is known. With hottest kindling-sticks? one worships him? for winning his favour, one worships Agni for winning his favour. He who dives into many forests as if carving the wood with his flame, destroys even firm foods with his strength-he destroys even what is firm with his strength.
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