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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
becoming my pupil.' And so, indeed, he taught him that taking up of the two spoons as we have here explained it: hence one ought only to make one who knows this his Adhvaryu, and not one who does not know it.
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THIRD BRAHMANA.
THE MITRAVINDA SACRIFICE.
1. Pragâpati was becoming heated (by fervid devotion), whilst creating living beings1. From him, worn out and heated, Sri (Fortune and Beauty) came forth. She stood there resplendent, shining, and trembling. The gods, beholding her thus resplendent, shining, and trembling, set their minds upon her.
2. They said to Pragâpati, 'Let us kill her and take (all) this from her.' He said, 'Surely, that Sri is a woman, and people do not kill a woman, but rather take (anything) from her (leaving her) alive.'
3. Agni then took her food, Soma her royal power, Varuna her universal sovereignty, Mitra her noble rank, Indra her power, Brihaspati her holy lustre, Savitri her dominion, Pûshan her wealth, Sarasvati her prosperity, and Tvashtri her beautiful forms.
4. She said to Pragâpati, 'Surely, they have taken (all) this from me!' He said, 'Do thou ask it back from them by sacrifice!'
1 That is, gods, men, &c., Sây.
' Sâyana apparently takes 'lelâyantî' in the sense of 'allembracing' (from lîyate, to nestle against),-dîpyamânâ avayavaih sobhamânâ bhrâgamânâ sarvam gagat svategasâ prakâsayantî svakîyena tegahpuйgena sarvam âslishyantî atish/hat sthitavati.
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| SR No. | 007680 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 05 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Julius Eggeling |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1900 |
| Total Pages | 2017 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 44 MB |