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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XIV KÂNDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 1 BRÂHMANA, 9. 495
dhana,'—just that which is in the Gayatri (metre) and Havirdhana (shed) ;-'may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
5. Then, having kindled the second (bundle), he offers (thereon) whilst holding it navel-high; for in the middle, as it were, is what is navelhigh, and in the middle, as it were, is the air-world : thus he thereby supplies and completes it with that heat which had entered the air-world.
6. What fire of thine is in the air,'-just the fire which is in the air ;-'what is in the Trishtubh and in the Agnidhra,'—just that which is in the Trishtubh (metre) and Ågnidhra (fire-shed) ;—'may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
7. Then, having put the third (bundle) on the fire, he offers on it whilst sitting ; for below, as it were, is he who is sitting; and below, as it were, is this (terrestrial) world : thus he thereby supplies and completes it with that heat which had entered this (terrestrial) world.
8. What fire of thine is in the earth,' — just that fire which is in the earth;—'what is in the Gagati and in the Sadas,'-just that which is in the Gagati (metre) and the Sadas (shed);—'may that (fire) of thine increase and become firm: to that (fire) of thine, hail!' in this there is nothing hidden, so to speak.
9. He (the Adhvaryu) then steps out', with
· Viz. out of the sala, with the Sacrificer's wife in front of him,
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