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XI KANDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 7. 81
but if (thou hast offered it) not knowing this, then it has not been offered by thee.'
5. He (Uddâlaka) said, 'My Agnihotra cow is Ida, Manu's daughter1; my calf is of Vâyu's nature; the (cow) joined by the calf is in conjunction therewith; their meeting is the Virâg; (the milk) when being milked belongs to the Asvins, and when it has been milked, to the Visve Devâh; when brought (from the stable) it belongs to Vâyu; when put on (the fire), to Agni; when the light is thrown on it, it belongs to Indra and Agni; when water is poured thereto it belongs to Varuna; when being taken off (the fire), to Vâyu; when it has been taken off, to Heaven and Earth; when being ladled out, to the Asvins; when it has been ladled out, to the Visve Devâh; when lifted up, to Mahâdeva; when being taken (to the Ahavantya), to Vâyu; when held down, to Vishnu.
6. 'And the log I put on (the fire) is the restingplace of the libations; and as to the first libation, I therewith gratified the gods; and when I laid down (the spoon with the milk), that belongs to Brihaspati; and when I looked away, then I joined together this and yonder world; and as to the second libation, I thereby settled myself in the heavenly world.
7. 'And when, having offered, I shake (the spoon), that belongs to Vâyu; and when, having cleansed the spoon all round (the spout), I wiped it on the grass-bunch, then I gratified the herbs and trees;
1 See the legend, I, 8, 1, 1 seqq.
That is, according to Sâyana, 'the sky allied with Vâyu, the wind,'-vâyunâ samsrishtâ dyauh.
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| SR No. | 007679 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 03 |
| 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 |