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 III, HYMN 27.
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10. I have laid thee down1, the excellent one, with the nourishment of Daksha, O thou who art produced by power, O Agni, thee the resplendent one, O Usig3.
11. The priests, eager to set to work the Rita', kindle with quick strength Agni the governor, him who crosses the waters 3.
12. I magnify1 the child of vigour at this sacrifice, who shines under the heaven, the thoughtful Agni.
13. He who should be magnified and adored, who is visible through the darkness, Agni, the manly, is kindled '.
14. Agni, the manly, is kindled, he who draws hither the gods like a horse. The (worshippers) rich in offerings magnify him.
15. We the manly ones will kindle thee the manly (god), O manly Agni who shinest mightily.
NOTES.
The same Rishi. The metre is Gâyatrî.-The position of the hymn in the collection shows that it is to be divided into Trikas, and this is confirmed by the ritual use of several of these Trikas (see Bergaigne, Recherches sur l'Histoire de la Liturgie Védique, 19, note 1). Some of the Trikas at least, however, do not seem to form independent hymns; verse 10 very probably stands in connection with verse 9, and the same seems to be the case with verses 12 and 13. Ludwig (IV, 305) and Bergaigne (loc. cit.) consider the whole Sûkta as a collection of Sâmidhenîs or verses to be recited for each piece of wood thrown into the fire. Comp. Hillebrandt, Neu- und Vollmondsopfer, 77.-Verse I
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