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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
Full and New-moon sacrifices, whence they are performed in a backward direction after the manner of the Upasads.
28. The Säktavaka is the completion; and, verily, whosoever knows the Suktavaka to be the completion secures for himself the completion; and whatever is to be gained by the completion all that he now gains : he obtains the completion of his (full) lifetime.
29. The Samyorvāka is the resting-place; and, verily, whosoever knows the Samyuvaka to be the resting-place secures for himself a resting-place; and whatever is to be gained by a resting-place all that he now gains : he reaches a resting-place.
30. The gods fortified the Patnfsamyâgas by a mound from behind', and placed a couple thereon for the sake of procreation : thus when the Patntsamyâgas are performed, he places a couple thereon for the sake of procreation ; for, indeed, after the procreation of the gods offspring is produced, and offspring is produced by pair after pair (of men and beasts) for him who knows this.
31. The Samishtayagus is food; and, verily, whosoever knows the Samishtayagus to be food secures for himself food; and whatever is to be gained by food all that he now gains.
32. The Sacrificer is the Year; and the Seasons officiate for him. The Ågnidhra is the Spring,
respectively (III, 4, 4, 14), or that in filling the spoons with ghee, the procedure is the reverse of that usually followed (III, 4, 4, 7.8).
The Patnîsamyâgas (by which offering is made to Soma, Tvashtri, and Agni, along with the wives of the gods) are performed on the Gârbapatya fire, and hence at the back (western) part of the sacrificial ground where the Sacrificer's wife is seated. For the symbolical import of the rite see I, 9, 2, 5.
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