Satapatha Brahmana

SR No.: 011120
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Max Muller, Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 433
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 36 MB

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VIII KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRÂHMANA, 16. 91
third the winter, the fourth the winter, the fifth the rainy season, the sixth the summer, the seventh the summer, the eighth the rainy season, the ninth the winter, and the tenth, in this case, is the Sacrificer himself: this same Sacrificer, being raised and firmly established on that Virág, made up of the seasons, lays down (bricks) extending both hitherwards and thitherwards ;-whence those seasons move both hitherwards and thitherwards?
11. And, again, those which he lays down in front are the vital airs. There are ten of them, for there are ten vital airs. He places them in the front part, for these vital airs are in the front part.
12. And those on the right (south) side are the deities,-Agni, the Earth, Vậyu, the Air, Aditya, the Sky, Kandra (the moon), the Stars, Food, and Water.
13. And those behind are the regions (quarters),four regions, four intermediate regions, the upper region, and this (earth).
14. And those on the left (north) side are the months,--two spring-months, two summer-months, two months of the rainy season, two autumn-months, and two winter-months.
15. And, again, the first ten are this (terrestrial) world, the second the air, the third the sky. By the first set of ten they (the gods) ascended this (earth), by the second the air, by the third the sky; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now, by the first set of ten, ascend this (earth), by the second the air, and by the third the sky.
16. This, then, is, as it were, an ascent away from
· That is to say, they come and go.