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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x11 KÂNDA, 6 ADHYÂYA, I BRÂHMANA, 38. 211
(drink) he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
33. And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap when contained in the Nára samsa (cups "), let him perform an oblation with, 'To the Narasamsa Fathers hail!' for the Nârâsamsa (manpraising) Fathers he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
34. And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap when ready for the purificatory bath?, let him perform an oblation with, To the Stream hail!' for a stream he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
35. And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap whilst being taken down (to the water), let him perform an oblation with, 'To the Sea hail!' for a sea he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
36. And if (his Soma) were to meet with any mishap when immersed, let him perform an oblation with, 'To the Flood haill' for a flood he then is: he repels evil, and the sacrifice inclines to him.
37. These, then, are the thirty-three oblations he performs; for there are thirty-three gods, and Pragapati is the thirty-fourth : with the help of all the gods he thus heals the sacrifice, and with the help of all the gods he inakes it complete again.
38. The Brahman (superintending priest) himself should perform them, and no other than the Brahman; for the Brahman sits on the right (south)
See part ii, p. 154, note 1. • The pressed-out Soma-husks are taken down to (and thrown into the water where the Sacrificer is to bathe, see IV, 4, 5, I seqq.
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