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.
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-(Rig-veda VIII, 43, 9; Vâg. S. XII, 36), 'In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat; as such thou clingest to plants: being in (their) womb, thou art born again;' and the yâgyâ (Vâg. S. XII, 37), Thou art the child of the herbs, the child of the trees, the child of all that is, O Agni, thou art the child of the waters;'-he thereby bespeaks peace on the part of those two (fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer's family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that
case.
5. They also say, 'If any one's fires were to come in contact with impure (profane) fires, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?' Let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Suki (the bright),-the course of procedure thereof (is as follows): he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vritra; the samyâgyâs are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows:-(Rig-veda VIII, 44, 21), 'Agni of brightest work, the bright priest, the bright sage, brightly he shineth with offering fed;' and the yâgyâ (Rig-veda VIII, 44, 17), 'Up rise thy flames, the bright, the pure, the shining, thy lights, O Agni;'-he thereby bespeaks peace to those two (kinds of fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer's family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
6. They also say, 'If the sun were to set on any one's Âhavaniya not yet having been taken out, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?' Verily, those rays (of the sun) are the Allgods: they go from him, and that (Agnihotra) fails
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