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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
By three (formulas) he first addresses (the beasts); that makes six,—six seasons are a year, and the year is Agni : as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, so great does this become.
THIRD BRÂHMANA. 1. Those fires have been kindled (afresh); and they (the priests and sacrificer) betake themselves to the lump of clay' ;-those fires doubtless are these worlds : when they are kindled, then they are these worlds. For formerly the gods were seeking this sacred rite outside of these worlds ; and when he fetches the lump of clay after passing by those fires, he is seeking him (Agni) outside of these worlds.
2. They go eastwards; for the east is Agni's region : he thus seeks him in his own region, finds him in his own region.
3. They go forward, with, 'Angiras-like, we go to Agni Purishya;'—that is, like Agni, we are going to Agni, favourable to cattle.'
4. He then looks at the sham-man, with, 'Angiras-like, we shall carry Agni Purishya;—that is, ‘Like Agni, we shall carry Agni, favourable to cattle :' he thus searches for him by means of the sham-man.
5. Thereupon a hollow ant-hill is laid down midways (between the lump of clay and the Ahavaniya fire). He looks along it?; for the ant-hill is this
The lump of clay which is to be used for the making of the fire-pan has been placed in a square hole east of the Âhavanîya fire.
* That is to say, he looks at the lump of clay through the hollow part of the ant-hill, whilst muttering the formula given in the next paragraph.
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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 |