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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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
the Brahman (priesthood) for living beings from evil, from death.
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4. Indra's share thou art, Vishnu's lordship!'-Having bestowed a share on Indra, he bestowed lordship on Vishnu 'the Kshatra is freed; the Pañkadasa-stoma!'-by means of the fifteenfold hymn-form he freed the Kshatra (nobility) for living beings from evil, from death.
5. 'The man-viewers' share thou art, the creator's lordship!'-the man-viewers, doubtless, are the gods having bestowed a share on the gods, he bestowed lordship on the creator; the birthplace is freed, the Saptadasa-stoma!'-the birthplace, doubtless, is the peasantry: by means of the seventeenfold hymn-form he frees the peasantry for living beings from evil, from death.
6. 'Mitra's share thou art, Varuna's lordship!'-Mitra, doubtless, is the out-breathing, and Varuna the down-breathing: having bestowed a share on the out-breathing, he bestowed lordship on the down-breathing-heaven's rain, the wind is freed; the Ekavimsa-stoma!'-by means of the twenty-one-fold hymn-form he frees both rain and wind for living beings from evil, from death.
7. 'The Vasus' share thou art, the Rudras' lordship!'-having bestowed a share on the Vasus, he bestowed lordship on the Rudras; the fourfooted is freed, the Katurvimsa-stoma!'-by means of the twenty-five-fold hymn-form he freed the four-footed for living beings from evil, from death.
8. 'The Adityas' share thou art, the Maruts' lordship!'-having bestowed a share on the Âdityas, he bestowed lordship on the Maruts;
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