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XIII KÂNDA, 8 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 6. 431
be of the world of the seasons, the days and nights ;
4. 'May Yama grant him an abode;'-for Yama has power over the abode in this earth), and it is him he solicits for an abode therein for this (dead man). He throws out this (branch) to the right (south), the other to the left (north) side: he thus keeps the divine separate from what belongs to the Fathers.
5. He (the Adhvaryu) then yokes (the team) to the plough on the south side,-some say on the north side: he may do as he chooses. Having given the order, saying, 'Yoke !'he (the Sacrificer) utters the formula (Våg. S. XXXV, 2), 'May Savitri vouch safe for thy bones a place in the earth!'-Savitri now indeed vouchsafes a place in the earth for his (the deceased man's) bones;—'Let the oxen be yoked therefore!' for it is indeed for this work that the oxen are yoked.
6. It is a team of six oxen,-six seasons are a year: on the seasons, on the year, as a firm foundation, he thus establishes him. Having turned round (the plough) from right to left”, he ploughs the first furrow with (Våg. S. XXXV, 3), “May Vayu purify!' along the north side (along the cord) towards the west *; with, “May
1 Viz, that used in sweeping the Gårbapatya, VII, 7, 1, 5.
"That is, having driven the plough round from the south side to the north, in the non-sunwise direction (i. e, keeping the sepulchral site on the left hand side).
. In ploughing the site of the fire-altar, the first furrow was drawn along the south side from west to east; and then, in sunwise fashion, from the south-west corner round along the west, north, and east sides ; see VII, 2, 2, 9 seqq.
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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 |