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

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________________ 504 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. fast-milk he gives to the Hotri; for the Hotri is the sacrifice, and the Sacrificer also is the sacrifice: therefore he gives it to the Hotri. 35. And that cow which yielded the fast-milk for the (Sacrificer's) wife he gives to the chanters, for it is they, the Udgatris, that do, as it were, the wife's work on this occasion: therefore he gives it to the chanters. 36. And, verily, whosoever either teaches, or partakes of, this (Pravargya) enters that life, and that light : the observance thereof is the same as at the creation! SECOND BRAHMANA. EXPIATORY CEREMONIES. 1. Now this—to wit, the sacrifice-is the self of all beings, and of all gods : after its successful consummation the Sacrificer prospers in offspring (or, people) and cattle; but he whose Gharma (pot) is shattered is deprived of his offspring and cattle. In that case there is an expiation. 2. He offers an oblation of a full (spoon of ghee); for the full means everything : with everything he thus heals whatever has been unsuccessful in the sacrifice. 3. (He offers, with Vâg. S. XXXIX, 1,] ‘Hail to the vital airs with their over-lord!'-the over-lord of the vital airs, doubtless, is the mind (soul), for in the mind all the vital airs are established: it is thus by means of the mind that he thereby heals whatever has been unsuccessful in the sacrifice. See p. 458, note 1. Digitized by Google

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