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SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA.
(I consecrate) thee, to the mind thee, to the sky thee, to the sun thee: going upwards take thou the sacrifice to the gods in heaven!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
15. [Vâg. S. XXXVII, 20,] Thou art our father: be thou our father!'--for he who shines yonder is indeed the father, and the Pravargya is that (sun): it is him he thus gratifies, and therefore he says, 'Thou art our father: be thou our father!'--' Reverence be unto thee: injure me not!'- it is a blessing he thereby invokes.
16. Thereupon he uncovers the head of the (Sacrificer's) wife, and makes her say whilst she is looking at the Mahavira, 'Together with Tvashtri will we serve thee: (bestow thou sons and cattle upon me! bestow thou offspring upon us! may I remain unscathed together with my husband!)'—the Pravargya (m.) is a male, and the wife is a female : a pro-, ductive pair is thus produced.
17. And, verily, whosoever either teaches, or partakes of, this (Pravargya) enters that life, and that light: the observance thereof is the same as at the creation !
SECOND Adhyâya. First BRÂHMANA. THE BOILING OF THE GHARMA, AND THE OFFERINGS. 1. He now offers (the first of) the two Rauhina (cakes) :-(Våg. S. XXXVII, 21), ‘May the day
See p. 458, note 1. * According to the Sätras and the Taitt. Âr., the southern cake
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