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.
eleven are the gods,'-for there are indeed thrice eleven gods;-'three-and-thirty, bountiful,'for there are thirty-three gods;-'with Brihaspati for their Purohita,'-Brihaspati is the Brahman (n.): he thus means to say, ' With the Brahman for their Purohita (family-priest);'-'at the impulse (sava) of the god Savitri,'-that is, 'impelled by the god Savitri;'-'may the gods protect me through the gods!' for the gods indeed consecrate him through the gods.
30. The first with the second,'-for the first (gods, on earth) consecrate him along with the second ones (in the air);-'the second with the third,'for the second ones consecrate him along with the third ones (in the sky);-'the third with the truth,'-for the third ones consecrate him with the truth; the truth with the sacrifice,'-for the truth consecrates him with the sacrifice ;-'the sacrifice with sacrificial texts,'-for the sacrifice consecrates him with sacrificial texts ;-sacrificial texts with hymn-tunes,'-for sacrificial texts (yagus) consecrate him along with hymn-tunes ;'hymn-tunes with hymn-verses,'-for hymntunes consecrate him along with hymn-verses (rik); -'hymn-verses with invitatory verses,'-for hymn-verses consecrate him along with invitatory verses;-'invitatory verses with offeringverses,' for invitatory verses consecrate him along with offering-verses;-offering-verses with Vashat-calls,'-for offering-verses consecrate him
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Hotri, as a 'nivid,' being either added at the end of the Sastra, or inserted before the ninth or tenth verse; the whole recitation thus consisting of seventeen verses.
1 Mahîdhara takes the instrumental throughout as a sociative (saha satyena).
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