Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
fice): that is why they should proceed with her omentum at that particular time.
5. They cook the portions ? in two lots. Of the one lot thereof, after making an 'under-layer' of ghee (clarified butter) in the guhů spoon, he makes two cuttings from each (portion), bastes them once, and replenishes with ghee (the empty places of) the cuttings. Thereupon he makes one cutting from each into the upabhrit spoon, bastes them twice, but does not replenish (the places of) the cuttings. Now, when of the one lot (of portions) he makes two cuttings from each, thereby that (sterile cow) becomes whole; and when he proceeds with those (portions), thereby he wins the divine race. He then presents the (other) half to the human kind : and thereby he wins the human kind (people, vis).
6. But let him not do it in this wise ; for verily he who departs from the path of the sacrifice, stumbles; and he who does it in this wise certainly departs from the path of the sacrifice. Hence when they proceed with the omenta of the other victims, only then let them proceed with the omentum of that (cow). They cook the portions in one lot, and do not present any to the human kind.
7. He then seizes seventeen victims for Pragapati. They are all hornless, all dark-grey”, all (uncastrated) males; for he who offers the Vågapeya, wins Pragâ pati; but Pragâ pati is food, and the victim (cattle) is food : he thus wins Pragâ pati. And Pragàpati is Soma, and the victim is the visible
? For particulars regarding the meat portions, see part ii, p. 204 seq.
3 Or, black and white (sukla-krishna-varna), as 'syâma' is explained by Sâyana.
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