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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
first) with, 'For Makha thee! for Makha's head thee!' the import of this is the same as before. In the same way the other two; silently the two milking-bowls, and silently the two Rauhinaplates.
26. And, verily, whosoever either teaches, or partakes of, this (Pravargya) enters that life, and that light: the observance of the rule thereof is the same as at the creation.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. Now at the time when he there proceeds with the guest-meal, he who intends to perform the Pravargya, prior to the Upasads s, spreads Kusa grass with its tops directed towards the east, in front of the Gårhapatya, and places the vessels thereon in pairs -,--the Upayamani (tray) and the Mahâyira (pot), the pair of lifting-sticks, the
That is to say, as would seem,-even as, in creating the universe, Pragâ pati reconstructs his body, or constructs himself a new body, so the Sacrificer, in keeping up the observance of the Pravargya, constructs himself a new body for the future life.
? That is, at the Soma-sacrifice, of the preliminary day (upavasatha) of which the guest-meal to, or hospitable reception (âtithya) of, King Soma forms part see part ii, p. 85 seqq.). The assumption here is, that the performance of the Pravargya takes place on that day before the Pressing-day, whilst in reality it has been performed for at least two days before that.
* See III, 4, 4, 1. The Upasads are performed twice daily, for at least three days, up to the day before the Soma-sacrifice; and if the Pravargya is to be performed likewise, it precedes immediately each performance of the Upasad. Cf. also XIV, 3, I, I with note.
• Prior to this, the doors of the sålå are to be closed, to keep the Mahavira from being seen; see p. 452, note 2. The entire performance of the Pravargya indeed has to be kept secret from the eyes of unauthorised persons.
The ‘parfsásau ' (also called 'saphau,' XIV, 2, 1, 16) are two
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