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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
Varuna he thus frees himself from Varuna's noose. He does so with a verse to Varuna: he thus frees himself from Varuna's noose by its own self, by its own deity. [Vâg. S. XII, 12; Rik S. I, 24, 15] 'Take off from us, O Varuna, the uppermost cord, down (take) the lowest, away the middle one!' as the text, so the meaning;-and so, O Âditya, may we be sinless in thy service for safety (Aditi)!'—Aditi is this earth: thus, 'Sinless may we belong to thee and to her (the earth)!'
9. He then holds him (Agni) up thus (towards south-east); for on that former occasion he raises him upwards from here towards the east with the fashioning formula1; and he then holds him up thus (towards north-east 2). Now were that alone to take place, he (the sun), surely, would stop even there (in the north); but inasmuch as he now holds him up thus (towards south-east), he (the sun) having gone thus (in a northerly direction), then comes back again thus (in a southerly direction).
10. [Vâg. S. XII, 13; Rik S. X, 1, 1] 'The great hath stood up erect before the Dawns,'-for before the dawn the great one (Agni) indeed stands up erect;-emerged from the gloom he hath come with light,'-for emerged from the gloom, the night, he indeed comes with light, with the day; well-shapen with white light,'—for he, Agni, is indeed well-shapen with white light;— 'when born, he hath filled all homesteads;'all homesteads, doubtless, means these worlds, and these he indeed fills, when born. He holds him up so as to be beyond the reach of the arms, for he (the
1 VI, 7, 2, 9.
VI, 7, 3, I.
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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 |