Book Title: Upnishad
Author(s): Max Muller
Publisher: Oxford

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________________ 390 SATAPATIA-BRAHMANA. 20. [At the Vaisvadeva-offering] there are nine fore-offerings and nine after-offerings? Now the virág metre consists of ten syllables : hence he obtains both times an inferior (incomplete) virág for the sake of production, because it was from that inferior (lower) source of production ? that Pragâpati twice produced creatures, both the upright and those looking to the ground. This is why (the Vaisvadeva) has nine fore-offerings and nine afterofferings. 21. There are three Samishtayagus 3; for this (offering) is decidedly greater than an ordinary) havir-yagña", since it has nine fore-offerings and nine after-offerings. However, there may also be only a single Samish tayagus, since this is a haviryagña. The priest's fee for it (consists of) the firstborn calf (of the season). 22. And what race, what prosperity accrued to Pragâpati from his offering this sacrifice, that same race he produces, that same prosperity he attains · The same number of prayâgas and anuyâgas are prescribed for the Varunapraghâsâh (see II, 5, 2, 30 and 41, with notes) and for the Mahahavis of the Sâkamedhâh. Kâty. V, 2, 8. ? Or rather, from that productive nyûna (womb, lit. defective, lower); see II, 1, 1, 13. See I, 9, 2, 25 seq. The formula used, if there be only one Samishtayagus, is the same as at the Darsapůrnamâsa, viz. II, 21 b (VIII, 21). If there are three, they are offered to the wind (vâta), the sacrifice, and the lord of sacrifice respectively; the formulas Vâg. S. VIII, 22 a b being used with the second and third. Kâty. V, 2, 9. For the Varunapraghâsâh and Sakamedhah three Samishtayagus are prescribed, and for the Sunâsîrîya only one. • Viz, such as the new and full-moon sacrifice, which serves as the model sacrifice, and at which there are only five fore-offerings and three after-offerings. See I, 5, 3, 1 seq.; 1, 8, 2, 7 seq. Digitized by Google

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