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SATAPATHA-BRÂHMANA.
body moves. Such is the Yagus with the preparatory performance, firmly established both as regards the deity and the body; and, indeed, whosoever'thus knows this Yagus with the preparatory performance to be firmly established both as regards the deity and the body,
8. He, indeed, reaches successfully the end of the sacrifice, unscathed and uninjured : he who knows this becomes the first, the leader (pura-etri), of his own people, an eater of food (i.e. prosperous), and a ruler.
9. And if any one strives to become a rival 1 among his own people to one who knows this, he does not satisfy his dependants ; but, indeed, only he satisfies his dependants, who is faithful 2 to that one and who, along with him, strives to support his dependants.
10. And this is the greatest Brahman (n., mystic science), for than this there is no thing greater; and, he who knows this, being himself the greatest, becomes the highest among his own people.
II. This Brahman has nothing before it and nothing after it 3; and whosoever thus knows this Brahman to have nothing before it and nothing
1 Or, tries to make opposition, as Sâyana takes it-yah purushah sveshu madhye evamvidam uktavidyân gânânam purusham pratibubhúshati (1) piâtikulyam âkaritum ikkhati.
2 Thus anu-bha' is taken by the St. Petersb. Dict. (to serve, be helpful to'), and by Sâyana-yas tv evamvidam anukalayet sa poshyân poshayıtum saknoti.'
8 Sâyana seems to take aparavat' in the sense of it has (only) something after it'-srashtavyagagadiûpâparavat--and the use of the word 'aparapurushậh (descendants)' immediately after might indeed seem to favour that interpretation.
