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.
moreover, it is thereby made to be like the morning Soma-pressing, and the midday-pressing ?
7. 'To Indra, accompanied by the Adityas, -thee, hail!'-—Indra indeed is he who blows here: it is to him he thus offers it, and therefore he says, "To Indra—thee;' and when he says, 'accompanied by the Ådityas,' thereby he allows a share to the Ådityas along with Indra; and, moreover, it is made like the evening-pressing '.
8. 'To Indra, the slayer of the evil-minded, --thee, hail!'--Indra indeed is he who blows here: it is to him he thus offers it, and therefore he says, *To Indra-thee;' and as to his saying, to the slayer of the evil-minded,' the evil-minded one being an enemy, he thereby means to say, .To Indra, the slayer of enemies,-thee!' This is his (Indra's) special share: even as there is a share for a chief?, so is this his (share) apart from the (other) gods.
9. 'To Savitri, accompanied by the Ribhus, the Vibhus (lords), and the Vagas (powers),thee, hail!'-Savitri (the sun) indeed is he who blows here: it is to him he thus offers it, and therefore he says, 'To Savitri, accompanied by the Ribhus, the Vibhus, and the Vågas,-thee!' He thus allows a share therein to all the gods along (with Savitri).
10. •To Brihaspati, accompanied by the All-gods,-thee, hail!'-Brihaspati indeed is he who blows here: it is to him he thus offers
See III, 4, 5, 1, where it is stated that the morning-pressing belongs to the Vasus, the midday-pressing to the Rudras, and the third pressing to the Adityas.
• Or, for the best (or eldest brother). Cf. III, 9, 4, 9.
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