Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 7. Seventh : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 411 4:5:7 SEVENTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:7:11. Now, there are here thirty-four utterances, called expiations 1. Pra"g"pati, forsooth, is that sacrifice which is performed here, and from which these creatures have been produced...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 1, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:1:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:1:4:11. Mitra and Varu"n"a, forsooth, are his intelligence and will; and as such belonging to his self: whenever he desires anything in his mind, as 'Would that this were mine! I might do this!' that is...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 3, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:3:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 4:3:2:11. Now truly when the Hot"ri" praises (recites the "s"astra 2), he sings, and to him thus singing the p. 326 [paragraph continues] Adhvaryu responds (prati--gar), whence the name response (pratigara)...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii. 9, 1. Ninth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:9:1 NINTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:9:1:11. Now Pra"g"pati (the lord of creatures), having created living beings, felt himself as it were exhausted 4. The creatures turned away from him; the creatures 5 did not abide with him...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 6, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:6:3 THE VAISAR"G"INA OFFERINGS AND LEADING FORWARD OF AGNI AND SOMA. THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:6:3:11. Verily he who consecrates himself, consecrates himself for the sake of this All; for he consecrates himself for the sacrifice...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 1, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:1:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:1:5:11. The "s"vina graha 3, forsooth, is his organ of hearing; hence in drinking it he turns (the cup) all round 4, since with that ear of his he hears all round.--Now when the Bh"ri"gus, or the Agir...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 3, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:3:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:3:4:11. Now, they slay the sacrifice, when they spread (perform) it:--to wit, when they press out the king (Soma), they slay him; when they quiet the victim, they slay it; and with mortar and pestle, with...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 1, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:1:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. II. THE GREAT PRESSING 1. 4:1:2:11. The Up"m"s"u (graha), forsooth, is his out-breathing, the Up"m"s"u-savana (stone) his through-breathing, p. 257 and the Antaryma (graha) his in-breathing. 4:1:2:22. Now...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:5:4 THE DVDA"S"HA 2. FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:4:11. Now, at first the gods were all alike, all good. Of them, being all alike, all good, three desired, 'May we be superior 3!'--Agni, Indra, and Srya. 4:5:4:22. They went on praising...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 391 4:5:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:2:11. They lay hands on the barren cow 1, and having laid hands on it, they quiet it. It having been quieted 2, he says (to the slaughterer), 'Pull out the omentum!' The omentum having been...
Title Page : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], THE "S"ATAPATHA-BRHMA"N"A ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF THE MDHYANDINA SCHOOL Translated By JULIUS EGGELING PART II BOOKS III AND IV Oxford: The Clarendon Press [1885] Scanned , June 2006. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This...
Introduction : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. x p. xi INTRODUCTION. THE contents of the third and fourth books of the "S"atapatha-brhma"n"a form an important chapter of its dogmatic explanation of the sacrificial ceremonial. This portion of the work treats of the ordinary...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 2, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:2:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 4:2:2:11. The graya"n"a graha, forsooth, is his self (body, trunk), and as such it is his all; for this self is one's all. Therefore he draws it by means of this (earth), for of her is the bowl 2, and with...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 2, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:2:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:2:4:11. That (opening of) vital air of his which is in front, that, forsooth, is the Vai"s"vnara (graha); and that which is behind is the Dhruva. Formerly, indeed, both these grahas, the Dhruv...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 1, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:1:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 4:1:3:11. The Aindra-vyava (graha), forsooth, is his speech; and as such belonging to his self 1. Now Indra, when he had hurled the thunderbolt at V"ri"tra, thinking himself to be the weaker, and fearing...
Untitled : THE SATAPATHA BRAHMANA, PART II Sacred Books Of The East, Vol. 26 TRANSLATED BY JULIUS EGGELING [1885] This is part II of the Sacred Books of the East Satapatha Brahamana translation, containing Books III and IV. This volume is concerned with the construction of the ceremonial space used...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:5:11. Now the graha 2, forsooth, is he that burns yonder, since by him all these creatures are held (swayed). Hence they say, 'We take (grab) the grahas, They walk, seized by the grahas.' 4:6:5:22...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 4, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. E. CONCLUDING CEREMONIES. 4:4:4:11. Now, it is nine Samish"t"aya"g"us 2 he offers on this occasion. The reason why he offers nine Samish"t"aya"g"us is that those stotra-verses at the Bahishpavamna 3 chant amount...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:2 THE GAVM AYANA 3. SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:2:11. Verily, they who sit (sacrificing) for a year, by means of six months go to him that burns yonder: p. 427 so it is told on the part of the Sman, in as much as it is made...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:4:11. Then as to the Mahvratya (graha) 2. Now when Pra"g"pati had created the living beings, his p. 430 joints were relaxed: with his relaxed joints he was unable to raise himself. Then the gods went...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 9. Ninth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:9 NINTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:9:11. Now, once on a time, the gods were sitting 3 in a sacrificial session, thinking, 'May we attain excellence; may we be glorious, may we be eaters of food!' That same food, gained by them, wished...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 1, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 12 3:1:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:1:3:11. Having brought water forward 1, he takes out (the material for) a cake on eleven potsherds for Agni and Vish"n"u; for Agni is all the deities, since it is in Agni that offering is made to all...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 4, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 363 4:4:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 4:4:2:11. He proceeds with (the offering of) Soma's rice-pap; for Soma is the sacrificial food of the gods; and here now sacrificial food is prepared for Soma on his part; and thus Soma is not...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 4, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:4:4 THE UPASADS, OR HOMAGES. FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:4:4:11. Verily the Upasads (homages or sieges) are the neck of the sacrifice, and the Pravargya is its head. Hence when it is performed with the Pravargya 3, p. 105 they perform...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:5:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:5:11. Pra"g"pati, forsooth, is that sacrifice which is performed here, and from which these creatures have been produced: and in like manner are they produced thereafter even to this day. 4:5:5:22. After...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 6, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:6:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:6:2:11. The Dhish"n"ya-hearths 4, forsooth, are no other p. 149 than its (the sacrifice's) congeners 1. They have the same marks, and those which have the same marks are congeners; and these, then, are...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 5, 1. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:5:1 PREPARATION OF THE SOMA ALTAR WITH THE HIGH ALTAR 2. FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:5:1:11. From that post which is the largest on the east side (of the hall) 3 he now strides three steps forwards (to the east), and there...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 6, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:6:4 THE ANIMAL SACRIFICE 1 TO AGNI AND SOMA. FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. A. THE SETTING UP OF THE SACRIFICIAL STAKE. 3:6:4:11. Being about to cut the sacrificial stake, he offers 2 with a verse addressed to Vish"n"u. For the stake belongs...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Additions : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 474 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. PART I. (VOL. XII OF SERIES.) Page vii, line 15. Read,--Stambhayagus. P. xvi, l. 8. Read,--arrangement. P. xxx, l. 2. Read,--'sixty' for 'forty.' P. xliv, l. 28. Read,--'recensions' for 'relations...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 2, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:2:3 THE PRYA"N"YESH"T"I, OR OPENING-SACRIFICE. THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:2:3:11. He prepares the Prya"n"ya rice-pap for Aditi. Now while the gods were spreading (performing) the sacrifice on this (earth) they excluded her (the earth)...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 4, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 93 3:4:2 THE TNNAPTRA, OR COVENANT OF TANNAPT 1. SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:4:2:11. When the gods had performed the guest-offering, discord befell them. They separated into four different parties, unwilling to yield to each other's...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 8, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:8:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:8:5:11. He makes the additional by-offerings:--with 'Go thou to the sacrifice 2, Hail!' The sacrifice is water, and seed is water: he thus casts seed. 3:8:5:22. 'Go thou to Soma, Hail!' Soma is seed: he...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 9. Ninth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:5:9 NINTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:9:11. When he performs a twelve days' sacrifice with transposed metres (Dvda"s"ha vy"dh"a"kh"andas), then he (the Adhvaryu) transposes the grahas (cups of Soma); and both the Udgt"ri" and the Hot"ri"...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 1. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:5:1 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:1:11. He proceeds with the rice-pap to Aditi, as the concluding oblation. The reason why there is a rice-pap for Aditi is this. Because, on that former occasion 2, the gods said to her...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 2, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:2:2 p. 36 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:2:2:11. He maintains silence; and silently he remains seated till sunset. The reason why he maintains silence is this: 3:2:2:22. By means of the sacrifice the gods gained that supreme authority...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 9, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:9:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. B. THE PRTA"H"SAVANA, OR MORNING-PRESSING. 1. UP"M"S"U-GRAHA. 3:9:4:11. Thereupon they sit down round the two press-boards 1. He (the Adhvaryu) then ties a piece of gold to that (nameless finger)...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 9, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:9:2 THE VASATVAR WATER. SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:9:2:11. Now, when the head of the sacrifice (victim) was struck off, its sap, running, entered the waters. It is by that very sap that those waters flow; that very sap is believed...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 2, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:2:4 HIRA"N"YAVAT-HUTI, OR OFFERING WITH GOLD; AND HOMAGE TO THE SOMA-COW. FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:2:4:11. Now Soma was in the sky, and the gods were here on earth. The gods desired,--'Would that Soma came to us: we might sacrifice...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv. 5, 10 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:5:10 TENTH BRHMA"N"A 3. 4:5:10:11. If the Soma is carried off, let him say, 'Run about and seek!' If they find it, why should they care? But if they do not find it, atonement is made therefore. 4:5:10:22. Now there are two kinds...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 2, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:2:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 4:2:3:11. That Ukthya (graha), forsooth, is his undefined breath (vital air) 2, and as such it is that self of his; for the undefined breath is the self; it is his p. 293 vital energy. Hence he draws it by...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 3, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:3:3 p. 69 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:3:3:11. He bargains for the king (Soma); and because he bargains for the king, therefore any and everything is vendible here. He says, 'Soma-seller, is thy king Soma for sale?'--'He is for sale,'...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 5, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 135 3:5:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:5:4:11. It is for a twofold reason that the sounding-holes are dug. The cart-shed, truly, is the head of the sacrificer; and what four holes there are here in the head--namely, these two and these...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 7, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:7:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:7:2:11. Verily, as large as the altar is, so large is the earth. The sacrificial stakes are thunderbolts; and by means of these thunderbolts he obtains possession of this earth, and excludes his enemies...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 7, 1. Seventh : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:7:1 SEVENTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:7:1:11. He takes the spade, with (V"g". S. VI, 1), 'I take thee, at the impulse of the divine Savit"ri", with the arms of the A"s"vins, with the hands of Pshan: thou art a woman.'...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 7, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 181 3:7:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:7:4:11. Having made a noose, he throws it over (the victim) with (V"g". S. VI, 8), 'With the noose of sacred order I bind thee, O oblation to the gods!' for that rope, forsooth, is Varu"n"a's:...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 5, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 121 3:5:2: THE AGNI-PRA"N"AYANA, OR LEADING FORWARD OF THE FIRE 1 TO THE HIGH ALTAR. SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:5:2:11. They put fire-wood on (the havanya fire), and prepare the underlayer (of gravel 2). He (the Adhvaryu) puts...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 4, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:4:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:4:5:11. He now betakes himself to the expiatory bath (avabh"ri"tha). The reason why he betakes himself to the expiatory bath is this. What vital sap there has been in him (Soma and the sacrificer), th...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 1, 1. First : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 248 4:1:1 FOURTH K"N"D"A. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:1:1:11. The Up"m"s"u (graha), forsooth, is the out-breathing of the Sacrifice 1, the Up"m"s"u-savana (press-stone) the through-breathing, and the Antaryma (graha)...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 1, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:1:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:1:4:11. All formulas of the consecration are audgrabha"n"a (elevatory), since he who is consecrated elevates himself (ud-grabh) from this world to the world of the gods. He elevates himself by means...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 3, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:3:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. C. THE. MDHYANDINA SAVANA, OR MIDDAY SOMA FEAST. 4:3:3:11. He presses out (the Soma juice) with 'Ih̃! Ih and p. 332 with 'B"ri"hat! B"ri"hat!' (great), whereby he draws Indra 1 nigh. 4:3:3:22...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 3, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:3:2 THE BUYING OF SOMA. SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:3:2:11. Having thrown the (earth of the) foot-print (into the pan), he (the Adhvaryu) washes his hands. Now as to why he washes his hands;--clarified butter being a thunderbolt...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 8, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:8:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:8:4:11. Now there are three elevens at the animal offering,--eleven fore-offerings, eleven after-offerings, and eleven by-offerings: ten fingers, ten toes, ten vital airs, and the out-breathing...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 8, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:8:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:8:2:11. When he (the slaughterer) announces, 'The victim has been quieted!' the Adhvaryu says, 'Nesh"t"ar, lead up the lady!' The Nesh"t"ri" leads up the (sacrificer's) wife bearing a vessel of water...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 3, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:3:4 PROCESSION AND ENTRANCE OF KING SOMA. FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 3:3:4:11. In the enclosed space (of the cart) 1 he (the Adhvaryu) lays down the black deer-skin, with the text (V"g". S. IV, 30), 'Thou art Aditi's skin;' its...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 1, 1. First : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:1:1 p. 1 "S"ATAPATHA-BRHMA"N"A. THIRD K"N"D"A. THE AGNISH"T"OMA. THE DKSH, OR CONSECRATION. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:1:1:11. They choose a place of worship. Let them choose (the place) which lies highest, and above which...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 1, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:1:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 3:1:2:11. Let him perform the rite of consecration (dksh) 1 in the afternoon. Previously to the shaving p. 6 of his hair and beard he may eat of what he likes, or whatever comes to hand; for hereafter his...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 8. Eighth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 414 EIGHTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:8:11. Now when at that Trirtra 1 sacrifice he gives those thousand (cows), then that one is made the one-thousandth 2. On the first day he brings three hundred and thirty-three; and likewise...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 5, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:5:3 CONSTRUCTION OF SHEDS, AND PREPARATION OF PRESSING-PLACE AND HEARTHS (DHISH"N"YAS). THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:5:3:11. The sacrifice is a man; it is a man for the reason that a man spreads (prepares) it. In being spread it is made...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 2, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:2:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:2:5:11. Having drawn the cups of Soma, and gone out (of the cart-shed to the high altar) 1, he offers the oblation of drops 2. The reason why he offers the oblation of drops is this. Whatever drops of th...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:3:11. The Shoda"s"in 2 (graha) forsooth is Indra. Now, at one time the beings surpassed (ati-ri"k") p. 398 [paragraph continues] Indra--the beings being the creatures--they were in a state of equality, as it...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 8, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:8:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:8:3:11. For the same deity for which there is a victim, he subsequently prepares a sacrificial cake 2. The reason why he subsequently prepares a cake is this. Rice and barley, truly, are the sacrificial...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 4, 1. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 357 4:4:1 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:4:1:11. Savit"ri", forsooth, is his 1 mind: therefore he draws the Svitra cup. And, forsooth, Savit"ri" is his breath (vital air);--when he draws the Up"m"s"u cup, then he puts...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 3, 1. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:3:1 THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:3:1:11. Having drunk (Soma) 1 and said, 'We are p. 317 invited together 1,' he (the Adhvaryu) rises. He takes a piece of the cake, and at the place where the A"kh"vka, being seated, is now...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 5, 6. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], p. 409 4:5:6 SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:5:6:11. Pra"g"pati, forsooth, is that sacrifice which is here performed, and whence these creatures have been produced, and in like manner are they produced therefrom even to this day. Having drawn...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 3, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:3:5 p. 350 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. D. THE T"RI"TYA SAVANA, OR EVENING PRESSING. 4:3:5:11. Now there are three kinds of gods,--the Vasus, the Rudras, and the dityas. Between them the press-feasts are divided: the morning pressing...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 1. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:1 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:1:11. Now, the A"m"s"u (graha), forsooth, is no other than Pra"g"pati: that (cup) is his (Ya"g"a's or the p. 424 [paragraph continues] Sacrificer's) self 1, for Pra"g"pati is the self...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 4, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:4:3 THE AVNTARADKSH, OR INTERMEDIARY CONSECRATION. THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 3:4:3:11. When the gods had performed the guest-offering, discord arose between them. They allayed it by means of the Tnnaptra (oaths). They desired...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 8. Eighth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:8 EIGHTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:8:11. Now the consecration-ceremony 3 (for the sacrificial session) is a sitting down, is a session (sattra): hence they say of them, 'they sit.' And when thereafter they perform the sacrifice, then...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 3, 1. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:3:1 THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:3:1:11. He follows her, stepping into seven foot-prints of hers 2; he thereby takes possession of her: that p. 59 is why he steps into seven of her foot-prints. For when the metres were...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 2, 1. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:2:1 SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:2:1:11. South of the havanya he spreads two black antelope skins on the ground, with the neck parts towards the east: thereon he consecrates him. If there are two (skins), they are an image...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 6, 1. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:6:1 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:6:1:11. The Sadas 3 is no other than his (Vish"n"u, the sacrifice's) belly; therefore they feed (drink) in the p. 141 [paragraph continues] Sadas; for whatever food is eaten here on earth...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 9, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:9:3 THE SOMA FEAST. THIRD BRHMA"N"A. A. PRTAR-ANUVKA (MORNING-PRAYER) AND PREPARATORY CEREMONIES. 3:9:3:11. They (the priests) are wakened (towards morning). Having touched water 2, they proceed together to the gndhr...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 4, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:4:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 4:4:3:11. The metres, forsooth, are the (draught) cattle of the gods. Even as harnessed cattle here on earth p. 370 draw for men, so do the harnessed metres draw the sacrifice for the gods. And whenever...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 2, 1. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:2:1 SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 4:2:1:11. The "S"ukra and Manthin (grahas), forsooth, are his eyes. Now the "S"ukra, indeed, is he that burns yonder (the sun); and because it burns there 3, therefore it is (called) "S"ukr...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 7. Seventh : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:7 SEVENTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:7:11. Threefold, forsooth, is science; the "Ri"k"s, the Ya"g"us, and the Smans. The "Ri"k"s are this (earth), since it is thereon that he who sings them, does sing them; the "Ri"k"s are speech, since...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 6. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:6 SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:6:11. Now once on a time the gods, while performing sacrifice, were afraid of an attack from the Asura-Rakshas. They said, 'Who of us shall sit on the south side; we will then enter upon the sacrifice...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 4, 1. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:4:1 THE TI"TH"YA, OR GUEST-OFFERING (HOSPITABLE RECEPTION GIVEN TO KING SOMA). FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 3:4:1:11. Verily, the guest-offering is the head of the sacrifice, and the Prya"n"ya and Udayanya are its arms. But...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 7, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:7:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. B. THE KILLING OF THE VICTIM. 3:7:3:11. There are both an animal and a sacrificial stake, for never do they immolate an animal without a stake. And as to why this is so:--well, animals did not at first...
Third Kan And ID And IA. Iii, 8, 1. Eighth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 3:8:1 EIGHTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. C. THE OBLATIONS. 3:8:1:11. Thereupon the Hot"ri", having sat down on the Hot"ri"'s seat whereon he sits down after being chosen 2, p. 185 urges, and thus urged the Adhvaryu takes the two...
Fourth Kan And ID And IA. Iv, 6, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part II (SBE26)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1885], 4:6:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 4:6:3:11. Now as to the manner of animal offerings. One may perform with the (ordinary) set of eleven victims. He seizes one for Agni as the first victim, and one for Varu"n"a (as the last); then again one...
