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VII KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 4 BRÂHMANA, 30.
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planation with regard to this (Agni-Pragâ pati),how he may heal him, and preserve him. They are anushtubh verses,—the Anushtubh is speech, and speech is all healing medicine : by means of all healing medicine he thus heals him.
29. Now, then, regarding the defined and the undefined (ceremonies) ;—with prayer he yokes two oxen, silently the others; with prayer he ploughs four furrows, silently the others; silently he puts on the grass-bush, with prayer he makes a libation thereon; silently he pours out the jarfuls of water, with prayer he sows.
30. This Agni is Pragâpati, and Pragâpati is both the defined and the undefined, the limited and the
strengthening, most powerful,--all herbs have I found for healthfulness to him (the Purusha).
8. Forth rush the energies of the plants, like kine from the stable, eager to win wealth, eager to win wealth, O Purusha!
9. Strength-giving (ishkriti) is the name of your mother, hence ye are healing powers (nishkriti): winged furrows ye are; what ye make sick, ye heal.
10. All obstacles have they overcome, even as the thief the cowpen; the herbs have expelled whatever defect of the body there was.
11. When, to give strength, I take these herbs in my hand, the self of Yakshman (consumption) perishes, as from the clutches of the living (? i.e. from death, Ludw.).
12. Whose every limb, whose every joint ye, O herbs, flow through, from him ye chase away (the demon) Yakshman,-mighty (he is) and, as it were, abiding in the core.
13. Fly forth, O Yakshman; together with the garrulous jay; vanish with the gliding of the wind, with the whirlwind (?)!
14. May one of you help the other, may ye lend help to one another! Of one mind, help ye forward this word of mine!
15. Those bearing fruit, and those without fruit, the flowerless and the flowering, urged forward by Brihaspati, may they preserve us from trouble !
The Vâg. S. also gives the remaining verses of the hymn, which are not, however, required on the present occasion.
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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 |