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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
thereby they rendered it (the sacrifice or Soma) superior to the deadly shaft”.
3. 'He hath measured the breadth of the earth;'—thus he gains through him (Soma) these worlds, for there is no slayer, no deadly shaft for him by whom these worlds have been gained: therefore he says, 'He hath measured the breadth of the earth.'
4. 'As all-ruler hath he taken his seat over all things existing (bhuvana);'—thus he gains through him this All, for there is no slayer, no deadly shaft for him by whom this All has been gained : therefore he says, 'As all-ruler hath he taken his seat over all things existing.'
5. Verily, all these are Varuna's ordinances;'—thereby he makes here everything whatsoever obedient to him, and every one that is refractory: therefore he says, 'Verily, all these are Varuna's ordinances.'
6. Thereupon he wraps (the Soma) up in the Soma-wrapper, lest the evil spirits should touch him. For this one doubtless is an embryo, and hidden (tiras), as it were, are embryos, and hidden also is that (which is) wrapped up ;-hidden, as it were, are the gods to men, and hidden is that which is wrapped up: therefore he wraps him up.
7. He wraps him up, with the text (Vág. S. IV, 31; Rig-veda V, 85, 2), 'Over the woods he hath stretched the welkin,' for over the woods, over the tops of the trees, that welkin (or air) is indeed stretched ;-' strength (hath he laid) into the coursers, milk into the kine,'—strength means
'Or, superior to (beyond the reach of) the slayer (or the blow), gyâyÂmsam vadhất.”
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