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

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
(nyûna) that part of it is productive for him1; and what is redundant in it that is favourable to cattle; and what is broken (disconnected) 2 in it that makes for prosperity; and what is perfect in it that is conducive to heaven.
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9. And if he think, 'There has been that which was incomplete in my sacrifice,' let him believe, 'That is productive for me: I shall have offspring produced (in men and cattle).'
10. And if he think, 'There has been that which was redundant in my sacrifice,' let him believe, 'That is favourable to cattle for me: I shall become possessed of cattle.'
II. And if he think, 'There has been that which was disconnected in my sacrifice,' let him believe, 'That makes for my prosperity: Prosperity, surrounded by splendour, fame and holy lustre, will accrue to me.'
12. And if he think, 'There has been that which was perfect in my sacrifice,' let him believe, That is conducive to heaven for me: I shall become one of those in the heavenly world.' This then is the successful issue of the sacrifice; and, verily, whosoever thus knows this to be the successful issue of the sacrifice, by him offering is made by a wholly successful sacrifice.
FIFTH ADHYAYA. FIRST BRAHMANA.
1. The nymph Urvast loved Purûravas, the son of Idâ. When she wedded him, she said,
See XI, 1, 2, 4;-tad asya yagñasya pragananam pragotpattisâdhanam.
'Sâyana's explanation of the term 'samkasuka' (? broken, affected with gaps) is not available owing to an omission in the MS. Ind. Off. 1071.
'King Pururavas, of the lunar race of kings, is considered the
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