Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

Author(s): Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
that, the Mahendra, is Indra's special (nishkevalya) cup, and so also are his that Nishkevalya-stotra and Nishkevalya-sastra; and the Sacrificer is Indra : thus he consecrates him at his own dwelling-place. Hence, the Mahendra cup being not yet drawn,
3. He takes down the chariot", with (Vág. S. IX, 5), 'Thou art Indra's thunderbolt;' for the chariot is indeed a thunderbolt, and the sacrificer is Indra : therefore he says, “Thou art Indra's thunderbolt;' — 'a winner of wealth,' for the chariot is indeed a winner of wealth ;-May this one win wealth by thee!'—wealth means food : 'may this one gain food by thee,' is what he thereby says.
4. That chariot, seized by the pole, he turns (from left to right) so as to make it stand inside the vedi?, with, 'In the winning of wealth, the great Mother'— wealth means food; 'in the winning of food, the great Mother!—is what he thereby says ;-'Aditi by name, we praise with speech;' now Aditi is this earth : therefore he says,
Aditi by name, we praise with speech,'-'whereon all this being hath settled ;' for indeed thereon all being here is settled ;—'thereon may the divine Savitri prosper our stay!' whereby he means to say, 'thereon may the divine Savitri prosper our Sacrificer!'
5. He then sprinkles the horses with water, either when being led down to be watered, or when brought
1 The Adhvaryu takes it down from the vâhana, or car-stand.
It is to be placed in the north-eastern part of the vedi, so as to be ready to start on the race northwards along the space between the kätvåla (or pit) and the utkara (heap of rubbish); the horses thus being close to where the Brahman will have to mount a cartwheel put up on the utkara (V, 1, 5, 2).
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