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________________ VI KÂNDA, 3 ADHYAYA, I BRÂHMANA, 20. 195 to the heavenly abodes ;'--the heavenly abodes are these worlds : the gods that are in these worlds, with regard to them he says this. 18. [Våg. S. XI, 6; Rik S. V, 81, 3] Whose course the others have followed,'--for Pragapati first performed this rite, whereupon the gods performed it; -'the gods with vigour, the god's greatness,'--the greatness is the sacrifice, thus: 'the gods with vigour (followed) the god's sacrifice, his energy;'-'that dappled steed who hath measured the terrestrial (regions),'—whatsoever is on this earth that is terrestrial, all that he measures out; for with his rays he reaches down to it ;-'the regions, he the god Savitri by his greatness,'—the regions are these worlds, and the god Savitri is yonder sun: he measures them by his greatness. 19. (Vag. S. XI, 7] God Savitri, speed the sacrifice, speed the lord of sacrifice unto his share!'--the god Savitri is yonder sun, and his share is the sacrifice, that he means to say when he says 'speed the sacrifice, speed the lord of sacrifice!'—*May the heavenly, thought-cleansing Gandharva cleanse our thought!'--the heavenly Gandharva is yonder sun, and thought is (sacrificial) food; thus, 'May the food-cleanser cleanse our food!'--'May the lord of speech render agreeable our speech !'—this sacred rite is speech, and the lord of speech is the breath : thus, ‘May the breath render agreeable this rite of ours!' 20. [Våg. S. XI, 8] 'Further, O god Savitri, this our sacrifice!'-the god Savitri is yonder sun, and whatever sacrificial rite he furthers, that O 2 Digitized by Google
SR No.007679
Book TitleSatapatha Bramhana Part 03
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJulius Eggeling
PublisherOxford
Publication Year1894
Total Pages2382
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size45 MB
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