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,
NINTH BRÂHMANA. 1. [Våg. S. XXII, 22"] 'In the priestly office (brahman) may the Brâhmana be born, endowed with spiritual lustre (brahmavarkasa);' on the Brahmana he thereby bestows spiritual lustre, whence of old the Brahmana was born as one endowed with spiritual lustre ?
2. `In the royal order may the Râganya be born, heroic, skilled in archery, sure of his mark, and a mighty car-fighter:' on the Råganya he thereby bestows the grandeur of heroism, whence of old the Råganya was born as one heroic, skilled in archery, certain of his mark, and a mighty car-fighter.
3. The milch cow:' on the cow he thereby bestows milk: whence of old the cow was born as one yielding milk.
4. 'The draught ox:' on the ox he thereby bestows strength, whence of old the ox was born as a draught (animal).
5. The swift racer:' on the horse he thereby bestows speed, whence of old the horse was born as a runner.
6. 'The well-favoured woman:' on the woman
1 These formulas are muttered after the thirteen samidhs have been put in the ukhå, or fire-pan. See p. 290, note I.
Whence formerly a Brahmana was at once born as Brahmavarkasin (whilst now he must study),' Delbrück, Altindische Syntax, p. 287. Perhaps, however, 'pura' has bere (as it certainly has in the following paragraphs) the force of agre'-at the beginning, from the first, from of old.
' I take 'sauryam mahimånam' here (and 'gaitram mabimânam' in paragraph 7) to stand in apposition to one another, with something of the force of a compound word. See above, p. 66, note 4.
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