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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XIII KÂNDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 4 BRÂHMANA, 7. 397
4. Those same first two days, and an Abhigit 1 Atirâtra,--therewith Para Atnara, the Kausalya king, once sacrificed : it is of this that Gâthâ sings, --Atnara's son, the Kausalya Para, Hairanyanabha, caused a horse, meet for sacrifice, to be bound, and gave away the replete regions.'
5. Those same first two days, and a Visvagit? Atirâtra,--therewith Purukutsa, the Aikshvåka king, once on a time performed a horse(daurgaha)sacrifice, whence it is of this that the Rishi sings (Rig-v. IV, 42, 8),— These, the seven Rishis, were then our fathers when Daurgaha ? was bound.'
6. Those same first two days, and a Mahâvrata : Atirâtra, – therewith Marutta Åvikshita, the Ayogava king, once performed sacrifice; whence the Maruts became his guards-men, Agni his chamberlain, and the Visve Devâh his counsellors : it is of this that the Gatha sings,— The Maruts dwelt as guards-men in Marutta Åvikshita's house, Agni as his chamberlain, and the Visve Devåh as his counsellors.' And, verily, the Maruts become the guards-men, Agni the chamberlain, and the Visve Devåh the counsellors of him who performs the horse-sacrifice.
7. Those same first two days, and an Aptoryama+ Atirâtra, -it was therewith that Kraivya, the Pañkala king, once performed sacrifice, — for Krivis they formerly called the Pañ kâlas: it is of this that the Gatha sings,— At Parivakra, the
· Regarding the Abhigit and Visvagit, see part iv, p. 320, note 2.
• Såyana, differently from our Brahmana, takes Daurgaha as the patronymic of Purukutsa (son of Durgaha).
See part iv, p. 283, note 5. • See part iii, introd. p. XX.
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