Questions of King Milinda Part 01

SR No.: 007681
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: T W Rhys Davids
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1890
Total Pages: 2695
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 47 MB

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
sacrifice); this is its womb, its seat: thus he commences once more the sacrifice by means of that triple Veda; and thus his sacrifice is not exhausted, and he does not turn away from it.
11. And, verily, he who performs the Râgasūya gains for himself all sacrificial rites, all offerings, even the spoonful-oblations; and this offering, the Traidhâtavi (ishti), is instituted by the gods : May this offering also be performed by me, may I be consecrated by this one also !' thus he thinks, and therefore this is the completing offering for him who performs the Râgasaya.
12. And also for him who would give to the priests) a thousand (cows) or more 1, let this be the completing offering. For he who gives a thousand or more becomes as it were emptied out; and that triple Veda is the thousandfold progeny of Vâk (speech): him who was emptied out he thus fills up again with a thousand; and therefore let it be for him also the completing offering.
13. And also for those who would sit through (perform) a long sacrificial session, for a year or more, let this be the completing offering. For by those who sit through a long sacrificial session, for a year or more, everything is obtained, everything conquered; but this (offering) is everything : let it therefore be for them also the completing offering.
14. And indeed one may also practise magic by this (offering); for it was thereby thať Arani be
i For a (three days') Soma-sacrifice with a sacrificial fee of a thousand cows, the Trirâtra Sahasradakshina, see part ii, p. 414.
* See part ii, pp. 426, 440 seq.
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