Satapatha Bramhana Part 03

SR No.: 007679
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Julius Eggeling
Publisher: Oxford
Publication Year: 1894
Total Pages: 2382
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

Page 1007

464
escapes the difficulty by reading pushkaram, 'as a lotus that has grown up in a great lake thus it is torn up by the root.' Possibly this is the true solution. Cf. also VI,
HYMNS OF THE ATHARVA-VEDA.
127, 2.
c, d. Cf. RV.VII, 59, 12. The Paippalåda, mûlam ulvâlvo yatha.
Stanza 3.
b. Sâyana reads susukah, 'as a wild animal of that name (susuka) runs to a distance.' The word is not quotable. The Pet. Lexs., on the other hand, suggest that âsumga is the name of some bird. Neither suggestion commends itself.
c. For the reed that passes away in a year's time, cf. IV, 19, 1. On the other hand reeds grow profusely and quickly, VI, 137, 2. 3. Sâyana reads ita for ita.
VI, 16. COMMENTARY TO PAGE 30.
This hymn, full of hocus-pocus and singular diction, represents the extreme Atharvanesque manner, and for this reason alone is worth reproducing. All details are exceedingly obscure, and the rather full elaboration of it in the ritual is not very helpful. The commentators agree in regarding it as a charm against ophthalmia (akshirogabhaishagyam); the performances, Kaus. 30, 1-6, are as follows: 1. 'While reciting the hymn (an amulet derived from the mustard-plant), anointed with the dregs of mustard-oil1, is fastened (to the patient). 2. (And) the stem (of the mustard-plant) smeared with (mustard-oil is also fastened upon him as an amulet). 3. The leaf (of the mustard-plant) mixed (with the oil) is given (to the patient). 4. (Then) four fruits of the sâka-tree (tectona grandis) are given (to
1 We would now read sârshapatailasampâtam in accordance with the comments of Dârila, Kesava, and Sâyana. The latter sârshapatailena sampâtitam.
' Sâyana, sârshapatailena bhrishtam sarshapapatrasâkam kakshurogagrastâya prayakkhet.
Digitized by
Google