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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
reaches its end safely and auspiciously ;-'as one pleasant to the gods,'—that is, as one which shall please the gods ;-'friend-gaining, ever-winning, wealth-winning, heaven-winning; —that is, one that may gain all this ;— Make the hymn-tune successful with the rik (verse), the Rathantara with the Gâyatra (metre), and the Brihat, moving in Gayatra measures!'-thus the samans (hymns);—' Hail!' thus the sacrificial formulas : this threefold science is first produced, even as it was there and then produced. And the Agni who was produced, he is this Agni (fire-altar) who is built up from hence upwards.
21. These then are the eight Savitra (formulas);the Gayatri has eight syllables, and Agni is Gayatra: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by just so much he pours him out as seed. There are nine of them, the call of 'Hail' (being) the ninth,there are nine regions, and Agni is the regions ; nine vital airs, and Agni is the vital airs : as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much he pours him out as seed. There are ten of them, the libation (being) the tenth,--the Virág has ten syllables, and Agni is Virág (the widely shining 2); there are ten regions, and Agni is the regions; ten vital airs, and Agni is the vital airs: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so great does this become.
22. This libation having been offered, Agni went away from the gods. The gods said, 'Agni is the
1 Or, the single oblations, as distinguished from the whole continued libation.
• Diptya viragamanah, Sây.
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| SR No. | 007681 |
| Book Title | Questions of King Milinda Part 01 |
| 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 |