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.
8. Now some recite (Våg. S. XII, 50), 'The Agnis Purishyas, together with those of the streams, a form of starting1. Let him not do so; let him recite gâyatri verses addressed to Agni, and relating to (objects of) desire: (Vâg. S. XII, 115; Rik S. VIII, 11, 7), 'Hither may Vatsa lead thy mind even from the highest seat, O Agni, with the song desirous of thee!'-(Vâg. S. XII, 116; Rik S. VIII, 43, 18), ' To thee, O Agni, best of Angiras, all good homesteads have laid themselves out for (the obtainment of) their desire.'-(Vâg. S. XII, 117), 'Agni, the one allruler, shineth in the beloved homes, the (object of) desire of all that is and shall be.'
9. Verses addressed to Agni he recites for the obtainment of Agni's forms;—and such as relate to desire, for the obtainment of his desires;-Gâyatri ones, Agni is Gâyatra: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much he thus pours him forth as seed;-with three (verses),-Agni is threefold: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much he thus pours him forth as seed. These (three), with the (first and last verses) recited thrice, amount to seven,-of seven layers consists the fire-altar, seven 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. He recites in a low voice, for here in the sacrifice seed is (cast), and seed is cast silently. He (the Hotri) marches reciting behind (the bricks carried by the attendants); he thus marches, defending the sacrifice by the metres from behind.
1 See VII, 1, 1, 25.
2 See p. 249, note 3.
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