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VIII KÂNDA, 3 ADHVÂVA, 3 BRÂHMANA, 8. 53 worlds that is 'asrivayas.' Hereafter, now, he puts down only defined metres.
6. The Pankti metre! the Ushnih metre! the Brihati metre! the Anushtubh metre! the Virâg metre! the Gayatri metre! the Trishtubh metre! the Gagatî metre!' these eight defined metres, including the Virág, he puts down. -[The back set, with, Vâg. S. XIV, 19], "The metre Earth! the metre Air! the metre Heaven! the metre Years! the metre Stars! the metre Speech! the metre Mind! the metre Husbandry! the metre Gold! the metre Cow! the metre Goat! the metre Horse!' he thus puts down those metres which are sacred to those particular deities. The left set, with, Vâg. S. XIV, 20], 'The deity Fire! the deity Wind! the deity Sun! the deity Moon! the deity Vasavah! the deity Rudrâh! the deity Adityâh! the deity Marutah! the deity Visve Devâh ! the deity Brihaspati! the deity Indra! the deity Varuna !'—these deities, doubtless, are metres: it is these he thus lays down.
7. He lays down both defined and undefined (metres). Were he to lay down such as are all defined, then the food would have an end, it would fail; and (were he to lay down) such as are all undefined, then the food would be invisible, and one would not see it at all. He lays down both defined and undefined ones : hence the defined (certain) food which is eaten does not fail.
8. These then are those (sets of) twelve he lays down,—that makes thirty-six, and the Brihati consists of thirty-six syllables: this is that same Brihatî, the air, which the gods then saw as a third
| 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 |