Book Title: Satapatha Bramhana Part 03
Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ 502 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. evil : it is gloom, evil, he thus drives away ;'beholding the higher light,'--this (terrestrial) world is higher than the water : it is on this world he thus establishes himself;-'God Sarya, with the gods, the highest light,'-Sarya, the highest light, is the heavenly world: it is in the heavenly world he thus finally establishes himself. He walks along without looking back, and puts a log of wood on the Ahavaniya', with (Vâg. S. XXXVIII, 25). ' A kindler thou art, fire thou art: lay thou fire into me!' it is a blessing he thereby invokes. 29. And at a continued pressing of Soma they also perform the Gharma of curds and whey (Dadhi-gharma),—for Soma is the sacrifice, and the Pravargya is its head: he thus restores to the sacrifice its head,-at the midday-pressing, for that -to wit, the midday-pressing—is Indra's special pressing : he thus pleases him in his own share ;when the Madhyandina-pavamâna has been chanted, for the Madhyandina-pavamâna is the breath: it is breath he thereby lays into him ;—with the Agnihotra-ladle, for the Agnihotra is the mouth of sacrifices : he thus puts a mouth in the head. 30. On its being brought, he says, 'Hotâr, speak what thou hast to speak !' for the Hotri speaks on this occasion. Then, stepping up, he says, Cooked is the offering-food;' for cooked, indeed, it is. Having stepped across (behind the Ahavaniya), and called for the Sraushat, he says, • Pronounce the offering-formula!' and offers on the Vashat being uttered. When the Vashat is · The Sacrificer's wife (according to another såkhâ) also silently puts one on the Gårhapatya fire. Digitized by Google

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