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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V KÂNDA, 2 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 21. 4I
Sraushat, he says, 'Pronounce the offeringprayer to Agni Svishtakrit!' and offers as the Vashat is uttered.
19. He then puts the Idâ on (the idâpâtri). The Idâ having been invoked1, he, having touched water, draws the Mâhendra cup. Having drawn the Mâhendra cup, he sets the chant agoing. He urges him (the Sacrificer) forward to the chant: he gets down (from the throne-seat); he is in attendance at the Stotra, in attendance at the Sastra.
20. Here now some, having performed that, perform that; but let him not do it thus; for the Stotra is his (the Sacrificer's) own self, and the Sastra is his people (or offering): thereby then he ruins the Sacrificer; he goes astray, he stumbles; hence having performed that, let him perform that :—
21. He puts the Idâ on (the dish). The Idâ having been invoked, he, having touched water, draws the Mâhendra cup. Having drawn the Mâhendra cup, he sets the (Prishtha-) Stotra agoing. He urges him (the Sacrificer) forward to the chant: he gets down (from the throne-seat); he is in attendance at the chant (stotra), in attendance at the recitation (sastra).
1 See I, 8, 1, 18 seq.
* That is, the (first or Hotri's) Prishtha-stotra, for which see above, p. 15, note 1; part ii, p. 339, note 2. Its chanting is followed by the Nishkevalya-sastra, recited by the Hotri.
That is to say, according to Sâyana,-they make the Svishakrit, and the rising of the Sacrificer from the throne-seat, take place after the pronunciation of the 'uggiti' formulas, the drawing of the Mâhendra cup, and the performance of the Stotra and Sastra.
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