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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
and Pragâpati is Agni : as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much food he thus gratifies him. 'Reverence! reverence!' he says ;-reverence being sacrifice, it is by sacrifice, by reverence, that he thus reveres him. Therefore he must not mention any one unworthy of sacrifice, for it would be just as if he were to say to him, 'Sacrifice be to thee!'
17. He then makes offering to those forming pairs : Reverence to so and so ! reverence to so and so!' It is as if he were to say, 'Thou, N. N., and this one, do not ye two injure us!' for in no wise does a man who is known and appealed to 2 injure us.
18. (Vâg. S. XVI, 17], 'Reverence be to the golden-armed leader of hosts, and to the lord of regions be reverence!' for he (Rudra-Agni) is ~ indeed the golden-armed 3 leader of hosts, and the lord of regions. And in that everything in this second chapter of formulas applies to one and the same deity, thereby he gratifies that (god Rudra), and makes the chief to have a share in the people (or the clan): hence whatever belongs to the people`, in that the chieftain has a share. And those (Rudras) that spread over these worlds, countless, by thousands 6, they are the deities to whom he now offers.
19. He thus makes offering to the tribes (of Rudras), for it was those tribes, those Rudras, that spread, and wheresoever they are there he thereby gratifies them. And thus, indeed, (he gratifies) those tribes of Rudras; and, men being after the
That is from Vâg. S. XVI, 17 seqq. . Or, who is appealed to as being known to us, i.e. in terms showing that he is known to us.
That is, aureis brachiis instructus. • Pragâyâ yad dhanam asti, Sây. See paragraph 28.
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