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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA,
of old the divine women, with unclipped wings, dear to all the gods, did bake it, like Angiras, in the lap of the earth ; and with their help he now bakes it. But, surely, these are the stars,—the women (gani) are indeed the stars, for these are the lights of those righteous men (gana) who go to the celestial world : it is by means of the stars that he thus bakes it.
9. Now he digs with one (formula), he sets down (the fire-pan) with one, he kindles with one, he heats with one, he bakes (pak) with two, whence twice in the year food is ripened (pak); these amount to six,
—six seasons are a year, and Agni is the year : as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so great does this become.
10. And as often as he attends to (the fire by adding fresh fuel), he attends to it with the prayer relating to Mitra, '[The protection) of Mitra, the preserver of men ...;' for a friend (mitra) does not injure any one, nor does any one injure his friend ; and in like manner does this one not injure that (fire-pan), nor does it (injure) him. By day he should put (fuel) on it, by day he should clear it (of the ashes).
11. He clears it (of the ashes) with a prayer relating to Savitri,for Savitri is the impeller: impelled
· The St. Petersburg dictionary seems to take yâvat kiyak kopanyâkarati' in the sense of as much (or, as deep) as he enters into the pan).' But see III, 2, 2, 19, where yâvat kiyakka ... upaspriset' has likewise the meaning as often as he touches.' Cf. also Kâty. Sr. XVI, 4, 15, He keeps up (the fire by adding fuel), with ‘Mitrasya ...;' 16, (He repeats the formula] as often (or long) as he keeps it up (or, adds fuel).
Vâg. S. XI, 62; Rik S. III, 59, 6, 'The gainful protection of the God Mitra, the preserver of men, is glorious and of most wonderful renown.'
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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 |