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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VEDIC HYMNS.
MANDALA III, HYMN 6. ASHTAKA II, ADHYAYA 8, VARGA 26-27.
1. Bring forward, ye pious singers, stirred in your thoughts', (the ladle) which is turned towards the gods. Carrying (the sacrificial butter) from left to right it turns eastward, rich in strength, bringing the offering to Agni, full of ghee.
2. When born thou hast filled the two worlds, nay thou hast even exceeded them, O friend of sacrifices1. May, O Agni, thy seven-tongued horses? move along, by the greatness of heaven and earth".
3. Heaven and Earth the worshipful1 establish thee as Hotri for the house, whenever the pious human tribes offering food magnify the bright light.
4. (Thou art) seated, the great one, in a firm place1, between the two mighty Heavens, thou who art longed for (between) the two united neverageing, inviolable wives, the two juice-yielding milchcows of the far-reigning one".
5. Thy, the great (god's) laws, O Agni, are great. Through the power of thy mind thou hast spread out the two worlds. Thou hast become a messenger at thy birth, thou, O bull, the leader of the tribes.
6. Or bind to the pole by means of thy (art of) harnessing the two long-maned, red (horses) of Rita, that swim in ghee1, and carry hither, O god, all gods; perform splendid worship, O Gâtavedas!
71. Even from heaven thy shining lights have shone; thy splendour follows many resplendent dawns, when the gods, O Agni, praised the cheerful Hotri's work who eagerly burns in the forests3.
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