Satapatha Bramhana Part 05

SR No.: 007680
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

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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
a year with the Upasads, and a year with the pressings of Soma.
12. When he passes a year with the rites of initiation he thereby secures for himself the first part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the Upasads he thereby secures for himself the central part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the pressings he thereby secures for himself the last part of the performance of a thousand years.
13. Twelve months he passes with the rites of initiation, twelve with the Upasads, and twelve with the pressings,—that makes thirty-six. Now the Brihati (metre) consists of thirty-six syllables, and by means of the Brihati the gods strove to reach heaven, and by means of the Brihati they indeed attained heaven; and in like manner does this one, by means of the Brihati, now strive to reach heaven, and by means of the Brihati he indeed attains heaven; and whatever object of desire there is in the Brihati, that he thereby secures for himself.
14. But, indeed, there is that triad that is performed together,--the Agni (fire-altar), the Arkya, and the Mahad Uktham (great litany). When he passes a year with the rites of initiation, and a year with the Upasads, thereby the Agni and the Arka are secured by him; and when he passes a year with the pressings, thereby the Mahad Uktham is secured by him: this, then, to wit, the Tåpaskita, is the substitute for the performance of a thousand years, and this, to wit, the Tapaskita, conduces to the procreation of creatures.
Fourth BRAHMANA. 1. Pragâpati once upon a time spake unto Purusha
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