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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
body these (formed),—this is why he places them in this (layer).
9. There are here four seasonal (bricks) he lays down in the middlemost layer; and two in each of the other layers, -animals (cattle) are four-footed, and the middlemost layer is the air: he thus places animals in the air, and hence there are animals that have their abode in the air.
10. And, again, why there are four,-animals are four-footed, and animals are food; and the middlemost layer is the middle (of Agni's body): he thus puts food in the middle.
II. And, again, why there are four, antariksha' (air) consists of four syllables, and the other layers (kiti) consist of two syllables; hence as much as the air consists of, so much he makes it in laying it down.
12. And, again, why there are four,--this Agni (altar), doubtless, is an animal: he thus makes the animal biggest towards the middle; whence an animal is biggest towards the middle.
13. There are here four Ritavyâs, the Visvagyotis being the fifth, and five Disyâs,--this makes ten: the Virág consists of ten syllables, and the Virag is food, and the middlemost layer is the middle ;-he thus puts food in the middle of the body). He lays them down so as not to be separated from the naturally-perforated one', for the naturally-perforated one is the vital air: he thus places the food so as not to be separated from the vital air. Subsequently (to the central brick) he lays them down : sub
"That is to say, the three sets of bricks are not separated by any others from the Svayamåtrinnå.
| SR No. | 011120 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Brahmana |
| 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 |