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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
they that maintain (vå saya) all this (universe);'worship ye, våt!' thus this comes to be for him as if it were offered with the Vashat-call.
21. 'Hail to Sarya's ray, the rain-winner'!' ---for one of the sun's rays is called 'rain-winner,' whereby he supports all these creatures: it is that one he thus pleases, and therefore he says, 'Hail to Surya's ray, the rain-winner!' The call of hail he places first, and the deity last: the significance of this is the same as before .
22. And, verily, whosoever either teaches, or partakes of, this (Pravargya) enters that life, and that light: the observance thereof is the same as at the creation
SECOND BRÂHMANA. 1. And when the Hotri recites this (verse), Let Brahmanaspati go forward, let the goddess Sunritâ go forward,'--the Adhvaryu, stepping forward, makes offering (by muttering) the windnames. For at this time the gods were afraid lest the Rakshas, the fiends, might injure that (Pravargya) of theirs in the middle (of the sacrifice): they offered it with the Svâhâ-call before its being taken to) the Ahavaniya, being thus offered they offered it (again) in the fire; and in like manner does this one now offer it with the Svâhâ-call before
According to Taitt. Âr. IV, 8, 4; Âpast. XV, 10, 2, this formula is addressed to the steam rising from the Mahâvîra pot-it being accordingly modified to 'I offer thee to Sarya's ray, the rain winner.'
• XIV, 1, 3, 26. • See p. 458, note 1,
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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 |