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SATAPATHA-BRÂUMANA.
art, steadfast! a holder thou art, a hold!'
A guider, a ruler! a guider thou art, a guide! steady thou art, a steadier!'he truly bestows steady vital airs unto him.
7. And, again, as to why he lays clown the Valakhilyas, --it was by means of the Valakhilyas that the gods then ranged over these worlds, both from hence upwards and from yonder downwards ; and in like manner does the sacrifice now, by means of the Valakhilyâs, range over these worlds, both from hence upwards and from yonder downwards.
8. By `The head thou art, the ruler!' they stepped on this (terrestrial) world; by Steady thou art, steadfast!' on the air-world; by A holder thou art, a hold!' on that (heavenly) world.
For life-strength (I bestow) thee! for vigour theel for husbandry thee! for prosperity thee!' There are four kinds of) four-footed (domestic) animals, and (domestic) animals are food: by means of this food, these four four-footed animals, they (the gods) established themselves in yonder world; and in like manner does the Sacrificer now by means of this food, these four four-footed animals, establish himself in yonder world.
9. That was, as it were, an ascent away from hence; but this (earth) is a foothold: the gods came back to this foothold; and in like manner clocs the Sacrificer now come back to this foothold.
10. By ‘A guider, a ruler l' they stepped on that (heavenly) world; by 'A guider thou art, a guide!' on the air-world; by Steady thou art, a steadier!' on this (terrestial) world.--'For sap (I bestow) thee! for strength thee! for wealth thee! for thrift thee!—There are four four-footed (clomestic) animals,
| 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 |