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magnified, as the omniscient carrier of the sacrificial offerings.
MANDALA III, HYMN 29.
8. Sit down, O Hotri, in the space which is thine, as the knowing one. Place the sacrifice in the abode of good works (i.e. on the altar). Eagerly longing for the gods thou shalt worship the gods by offerings. Agni, bestow mighty vigour on the
sacrificer.
9. Produce a mighty1 smoke, ye friends. Without fail go forward towards strength. This Agni is the conqueror in battles, rich in valiant men, he by whom the gods have overpowered the Dasyus.
10. This is thy birth-place in due time whence born thou shonest forth; knowing it, O Agni, sit down on it, and make our prayers prosper.
11. He is called Tanthapât as the Asura's germ.
Narâsamsa he becomes when he is born, Mâtarisvan when he has been shaped in the mother1. And he has become the rush of the wind in his swift course2.
12. Rubbed forth by skilful rubbing, established by skilful establishing, as a sage, O Agni, perform excellent sacrifices. Sacrifice to the gods for him who is devoted to the gods1.
13. The mortals have generated the immortal one, the . . .1, advancing one with strong jaws. The ten unwedded sisters 2 united take care of the man (Agni) when he has been born.
14. He the god of the seven Hotris shone forth from of old, when he flamed up in his mother's lap, at her udder. Day by day the joyous one never closes his eyes, when he has been born from the Asura's (i.e. of the Heaven's?) belly1.
15. The onsets of (Agni) when he attacks his enemies, are like those of the Maruts. (He is) the
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| SR No. | 007680 |
| Book Title | Satapatha Bramhana Part 05 |
| 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 |