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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MANDALA III, HYMN I.
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their mind, honoured him who had been born the most wonderful and strong.
14. Mighty rays of light like brilliant lightnings, milking (the sap of) immortality in the boundless stable, accompanied Agni whose ... is light", who had grown up in his own house, as it were in secret.
15. I magnify thee, worshipping thee with offerings; I magnify (thee) desirous of thy friendship, of thy favour. Together with the gods give help to him who praises thee, and protect us with thy domestic faces.
16. As thy followers, O Agni, best leader, winning all precious (treasures), pressing onward with fertile glory, may we overcome the godless who seek to combat us.
17. Thou hast been here as the banner of the gods, Agni, joy-giving, knowing all wisdom. As the domestic (god) thou hast harboured the mortals. As the charioteer thou goest along straightway after the gods.
18. The immortal, the king, has sat down in the dwelling of the mortals, performing the sacrifices ? He the ghee-faced one has shone forth widely, Agni knowing all wisdom.
19! Come to us with thy gracious friendship, speeding, great, with thy great blessings. Bestow on us plentiful victorious wealth ; make our share glorious and adorned with fine speech.
20. These old births of thine, O Agni, and the recent ones I have told forth to thee the ancient one. These great libations (of Soma) have been prepared for the manly one; generation by generation Gâtavedas has been placed (on the altar).
21. Gatavedas, placed (on the altar) generation
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