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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VEDIC HYMNS.
first-born (son) of the sacred spell. They know every (fire)1. The Kusikas have raised their brilliant spell; they have kindled Agni, every one in his house.
16. After we had chosen thee here to-day, O wise Hotri, while this sacrifice was going on, thou hast firmly sacrificed and firmly laboured. Come to this Soma, expert and knowing!
NOTES.
The same Rishi. The prevalent metre is Trish/ubh.— Verses 1, 4, 10, 12 are Anushtubh; verses 6, 11, 14, 15, Gagati.
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The Sukta, which belongs to the later additions (see the note on hymn 28), consists of a number of verses and small groups of verses referring to the production of fire by the attrition of the two fire-sticks. The order in which the verses stand does not always agree with the natural order of the ritual acts.-Verse 2 = SV. I, 79. Verse 3 VS. XXXIV, 14. Verse 4 = VS. XXXIV, 15; TS. III, 5, 11, 1; MS. I, 6, 2. 7; IV, 10, 4; II, I. Verse 8 VS. XI, 35; TS. III, 5, 11, 2; IV, 1, 3, 3; MS. II, 7, 3; IV, 10, 4. Verse 10 = VS. III, 14; XII, 52; XV, 56; TS. I, 5, 5, 2; IV, 2, 4, 3; 7, 13, 5; TB. I, 2, 1, 16; II, 5, 8, 8; MS. I, 5, 1; 6, 1; AV. III, 20, 1. Verse 13 = TB. I, 2, 1, 19. Verse 16 VS. VIII, 20; TS. I, 4, 44, 2; MS. I, 3, 38; AV. VII, 97, I.
Verse 1.
Note 1. The verses 1-3 a, b have been translated by Muir, Original Sanskrit Texts, V, p. 209.
Note 2. On the adhimanthanasakala, the piece of wood on which the lower fire-stick is laid, see Satapatha Brâh
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