Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 6, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:6:5 p. 402 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:6:5:11. Verily, there was nothing here in the beginning: by Death this (universe) was covered, by hunger, for Death is hunger. He created for himself this mind, thinking, 'May I have a soul.' He...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 4, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:4:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. PREPARATORY RITES OF THE SOMA-SACRIFICE. 9:4:3:11. Having now returned (to the hall), he, at the proper time, throws up the Dhish"n"yas 1 (fire-hearths)--these hearths are fires: he thus builds up...
Introduction : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], p. xii p. xiii INTRODUCTION. THE present volume completes the exposition of the Agni"k"ayana, or construction of the sacred Fire-altar. Whilst to the general reader the section of the Brhma"n"a treating of this ceremony...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 3, 1. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:3:1 THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. INSTALLATION AND CONSECRATION OF AGNI. 9:3:1:11. He then offers the Vai"s"vnara (cake). That Agni has now been completely restored; he now is that deity, (Agni) Vai"s"vnara (belonging to all...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 6, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:6:3 p. 400 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:6:3:11. Let him meditate upon the 'true Brahman.' Now, man here, indeed, is possessed of understanding 1, and according to how great his understanding is when he departs this world, so does he...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 1, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10;1:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:1:5:11. This built fire-altar, in truth, (includes) all these sacrifices:--when he slaughters an animal victim, that is the Agnydheya (establishment of the sacred fires) 1; when he collects...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 4, 1. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:4:1 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:4:1:11. When the gods restored the relaxed Pra"g"pati, they poured him, as seed, into the fire-pan (ukh) as the womb, for the fire-pan is a womb. In the course of a year they prepared...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 1, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:1:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 9:1:2:11. He then sprinkles him (Agni-Rudra, the fire-altar). For the gods, having now appeased him by the "S"atarudriya, thereby appeased him still further; and in like manner does this (Sacrificer), now...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:5 p. 316 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:5:11. Now as to the building itself. He builds between the two (performances of the) Upasads 1. For at that time the gods were afraid lest the fiends, the Rakshas, should destroy that (Agni's...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 3, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:3:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 9:3:4:11. He then offers the V"g"aprasavya 2 (set of fourteen libations),--'v"g"a' (strength, sustenance) means food (anna): it thus is an 'anna-prasavya' for him, and it is food he thereby raises (pra-s)...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 3, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:3:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. THE SHOWER OF WEALTH AND OTHER OBLATIONS. 9:3:2:11. Thereupon 1 he (the Sacrificer 2) offers the Vasor dhr. That whole Agni has now been completed, and he is here the Vasu (good one): to that Vasu the gods...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 5, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:5:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 9:5:2:11. Indra saw this seven-versed (hymn, suitable) for making good what is deficient 1, for reducing what is redundant, and for perfecting what is imperfect. And, indeed, after building the fire-altar...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 1, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], p. 1 "S"ATAPATHA-BRHMA"N"A, EIGHTH K"N"D"A. THE BUILDING OF THE SACRED FIRE-ALTAR (continued). THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST LAYER (continued). FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A.8:1:1 8:1:1:11. He lays down the Pr"n"abh"ri"ta"h"...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii. 3, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:3:1 THE THIRD LAYER. THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:3:1:11. He lays down the third layer. For the gods, having laid down the second layer, now ascended it; but, indeed, they thereby completed and ascended to what is above...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 2, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:2:1 THE SECOND LAYER. SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:2:1:11. He lays down the second layer. For now the gods, having laid down the first layer, mounted it. p. 23 [paragraph continues] But, indeed, the first layer is this...
Title Page : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], SACRED BOOKS OF THE EAST, VOLUME 43 THE "S"ATAPATHA-BRHMA"N"A ACCORDING TO THE TEXT OF THE MDHYANDINA SCHOOL Translated By JULIUS EGGELING PART IV BOOKS VIII, IX AND X Oxford: The Clarendon Press [1897] Scanned , September 2006...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii. 6, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:6:1 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:6:1:11. He lays down the Nkasads (firmament-seated bricks): the firmament-seated ones, assuredly, are the gods. In this (layer) that whole fire-altar becomes completed, and therein these...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 7, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:7:1 SEVENTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:7:1:11. He lays down two Ritavy (seasonal bricks). The seasonal (bricks) are the same as these seasons: it is the seasons he thereby lays down. And, indeed, the seasonal ones are everything...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 5, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:5:1 THE FIFTH LAYER. FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:5:1:11. He lays down the fifth layer. For now, having laid down the fourth layer, the gods mounted it,--having completed what is above the air, and below the sky, they...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 1. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:1 SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:1:11. Pra"g"pati was desirous of going up to the world of heaven; but Pra"g"pati, indeed, is all the (sacrificial) animals 3--man, horse, bull, ram, and p. 300 he-goat:--by means...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii. 4, 1 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:4:1 THE FOURTH LAYER. FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 8:4:1:11. He lays down the fourth layer. For the gods having laid down the third layer, now ascended; but, the third layer being the air; it was the air which, having...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 5, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:5:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:5:3:11. Verily, in the beginning this (universe) was, as it were 3, neither non-existent nor existent; in p. 375 the beginning this (universe), indeed, as it were, existed and did not exist: there w...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 3, 1. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:3:1 THIRD ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:3:1:11. The Gyatr is the breath (of Pra"g"pati, the altar), the Ush"n"ih the eye, the Anush"t"ubh the voice, the B"ri"hat the mind, the Pakti the ear; the Trish"t"ubh is that generative...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 2, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:2:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. LEADING FORWARD OF AGNI TO THE FIRE-ALTAR. 9:2:2:11. Having returned to the (Grhapatya 1) in order to take forward the fire, he offers oblations, and puts on pieces of firewood. For now that Agni w...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 3, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:3:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:3:5:11. Now, the Ya"g"us, indeed, is he who blows here, for even whilst passing along he (Vyu, the wind) generates (vivifies) everything here, and after him passing along everything is generated: this is...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 6, 1. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:6:1 SIXTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:6:1:11. Now at the house of Aru"n"a Aupave"s"i 1 these came once together,--Satyaya"g"a Paulushi, Mah"s"la "G"bla, Bu"d"ila "s"vatar"s"vi, Indradyumna Bhllaveya, and "G"ana"s"rkarkshy...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 1, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], p. 13 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:1:3:11. As to this they say, 'What are the vital airs (pr"n"a), and what the Pr"n"abh"ri"ta"h"?'--The vital airs are just the vital airs, and the Pr"n"abh"ri"ta"h" (holders of the vital airs) are the limbs...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 4, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:4:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:4:3:11. The Year, doubtless, is the same as Death; for he 1 it is who, by means of day and night, destroys the life of mortal beings, and then they die: therefore the Year is the same as Death;...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 4, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:4:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 9:4:2:11. He then offers (three) oblations of air;--this fire-altar is these (three) worlds, and the oblations of air are wind: he thus places the wind into these worlds, and hence there is wind here...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 2, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:2:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:2:3:11. He then lays down the Pr"n"abh"ri"t (bricks). For at that time the gods said, 'Meditate ye!' whereby, doubtless, they meant to say, 'Seek ye a layer!' Whilst meditating, they saw even that layer...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 3, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:3:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:3:3:11. He then lays down the "Kh"andasy 2 (metres' bricks). Now the metres are cattle, and the middle-most layer is the air: he thus places cattle in the air, whence cattle have their abode in the air. p...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 7, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:7:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:7:3:11. He now throws loose soil (on the layer); for the loose soil means flesh: he thus covers him (Agni) with flesh. [He does so] after having laid down the bricks;--the bricks are the bone: he thus...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 6, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:6:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:6:3:11. He lays down the Grhapatya. For the gods, having obtained this much, thought they had succeeded. They spake, 'Whereby have we succeeded in this?'--'By means of the Grhapatya,' they said; '...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 4, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. AGNIYO"G"ANA, OR YOKING OF THE FIRE-ALTAR; AND SOMA-SACRIFICE. 9:4:4:11. Then, early next morning 2, when about to bespeak the morning prayer 3, he yokes the Fire-altar, thinking, 'With it, when yoked, I shall...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 4, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:4:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:4:3:11. He then lays down the Srish"t"is 1 (creations). For Pra"g"pati, having freed all beings from evil, p. 72 from death, he now desired, 'May I produce creatures, may I procreate!' 8:4:3:22. He spake...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 5, 3 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:5:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 8:5:3:11. He then lays down the Stomabhg (praise-sharing bricks). For at that time Indra set his mind upon that food of Pra"g"pati, and tried to go from him. He spake, 'Why dost thou go from me? why dost...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 5, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:5:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:5:2:11. Now, that shining orb is the Great Litany, the "Ri"k-verses: this is the world of the "Ri"k". And that glowing light is (the hymn of) the Great Rite, the Sman-tunes: this is the world...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 5, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:5:4 p. 381 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:5:4:11. Verily, this (brick-)built Fire-altar (Agni) is this (terrestrial) world:--the waters (of the encircling ocean) are its (circle of) enclosing-stones; the men its Ya"g"ushmats (bricks with...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 2, 1. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:2:1 SECOND ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. DAY OF PREPARATION FOR SOMA-SACRIFICE. 9:2:1:11. On the day of preparation, early in the morning, when the sun has risen, he releases his speech. p. 182 [paragraph continues] Having released...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 5, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:5:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:5:5:11. Ku"s"ri V"g"a"s"ravasa 2 once built a fire-altar. Su"s"ravas Kaushya then said to him, 'Gautama, when thou wert just now building up Agni, didst thou build him with his face forward, or backward...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii. 5, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:5:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:5:2:11. He then lays down those "Kh"andasys 2 (relating to the metres). For Pra"g"pati, having freed himself from evil, death, asked for food; hence, to this day, a sick man, when he gets better, asks...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 3, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:3:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:3:4:11. "S"vetaketu ru"n"eya 2, once upon a time, was about to offer sacrifice. His father said to him, 'What priests hast thou chosen to officiate?' He said, 'This Vai"s"vvasavya here is my Hot"ri".'...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 4, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:4:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:4:2:11. He then lays down the Sp"ri"ta"h" 2 (freeing p. 67 bricks). For when that (part) of his body had been restored, Pra"g"pati became pregnant with all beings: whilst they were in his womb, evil...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 6, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:6:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:6:2:11. He lays down "Kh"andasys 2 (bricks pertaining to the metres). Completed now was the entire p. 110 [paragraph continues] Agni (fire-altar). He now wished for distinction 1; for, indeed, heretofore...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 1, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:1:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:1:2:11. Pra"g"pati was desirous of gaining these worlds. He saw this bird-like body, the Fire-altar: he p. 286 fashioned it, and thereby gained this (terrestrial) world. He saw a second bird-like body...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 7, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:7:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:7:2:11. He then lays down a Lokamp"ri"n" 2 (space-filling brick); the Lokamp"ri"n", doubtless, is yonder p. 132 sun, for he fills these worlds: it is thus yonder sun he thereby sets up. He lays down this...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:3:11. Now this Vedi (altar-ground, viz. the Mahvedi of the Soma-sacrifice) is just that (right) measure for the Vedi of the sevenfold 3 (fire-altar). p. 307 [paragraph continues] Having fixed up...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 3, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:3:2 p. 47 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:3:2:11. He then lays down a Vi"s"va"g"yotis (all-light brick). Now the middle Vi"s"va"g"yotis is Vyu 1, for Vyu (the wind) is all the light in the air-world: it is Vyu he thus places therein. He...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 2, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:2:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:2:2:11. He then lays down the Vai"s"vadev (All-gods' bricks). For this second layer is that one which the A"s"vins at that time laid down for them (the gods); and by laying it down they became everything...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 1, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:1:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:1:4:11. Now, at the beginning, Pra"g"pati was (composed of) both these, the mortal and the immortal--his vital airs alone were immortal, his body mortal: by this sacrificial performance, and by this...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 5, 1. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:5:1 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:5:1:11. The mystic import of this Fire-altar, doubtless, is Speech; for it is with speech that it is built: with the "Ri"k", the Ya"g"us and the Sman as the divine (speech); and when he...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 3, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:3:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:3:2:11. As to this they say, 'What metre and what deity are the head of the fire-altar?' The metre Gyatr and the deity Agni are its head. 10:3:2:22. 'What metre and what deity are its neck?' The metre...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 1, 2 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:1:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 8:1:2:11. And at the back (western part of the altar), with (V"g". S. XIII, 56), 'This one behind, the all-embracer;'--the all-embracer, doubtless, is yonder sun, for as soon as 1 he rises, all this...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 6, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:6:4 p. 401 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:6:4:11. Verily, the dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse 1, the sun its eye, the wind its breath, Agni Vai"s"vnara (the fire belonging to all men) its open mouth. The year is the body...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 6. Sixth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:6 SIXTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:6:11. The one hundred and one-fold Pra"g"pati, doubtless, is the year, and thereto belong days and p. 322 nights, half-months, months, and seasons. The days and nights of a month are sixty, ...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 4, 5. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:4:5 FIFTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:4:5:11. Now the doctrines of mystic imports 2. The "S"kyanins hold that 'Agni is Vyu (the wind);' but some say that 'Agni is ditya (the sun).' And either "S"raumatya, or Hligava, said, 'Agni is no other...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 4, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:4:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:4:2:11. Verily, Pra"g"pati, the year, is Agni, and King Soma, the moon. He himself, indeed, proclaimed (taught) his own self to Ya"g"ava"k"as R"g"astambyana, saying, 'As many lights as there are of mine...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 1, 1. First : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:1:1 p. 281 TENTH K"N"D"A. THE MYSTERY OF AGNI, THE FIRE-ALTAR. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 10:1:1:11. In the first place that Agni (the Fire-altar), the year, is built 1; thereafter the Great Litany (mahad uktham) is recited...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 4, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:4:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:4:4:11. When Pra"g"pati was creating living beings, Death, that evil, overpowered him. He practised austerities for a thousand years, striving to leave evil behind him. 10:4:4:22. Whilst he w...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 6, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:6:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:6:2:11. Now, indeed, there is this twofold thing, to wit, the eater and that which is eaten 1; and when this pair meets it is called the eater, and not the eaten. 10:6:2:22. Now that eater is the same...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 1, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:1:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:1:4:11. Now some lay down (these bricks) so as to be in contact with the (gold) man, for he is the vital air, and him these (bricks) sustain; and because they sustain (bh"ri") the vital air (pr"n"a)...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 4. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:4:11. Pra"g"pati, indeed, is the year, and Agni is all objects of desire. This Pra"g"pati, the year, desired, 'May I build up for myself a body so as to contain 1 Agni, all objects of desire.' He...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 3, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:3:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:3:4:11. He then lays down the Vlakhilys;--the Vlakhilys, doubtless, are the vital airs: it is the vital airs he thus lays (into Agni). And as to why they are called Vlakhilys,--what (unploughed piece...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 2, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:2:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:2:4:11. 'The he-goat is vigour 1,'--the he-goat he overtook by his vigour;--'gapless the metre,'-- p. 38 the gapless metre, doubtless, is the Ekapad: in the form of Ekapad (metre) the goats indeed went...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 3, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:3:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:3:3:11. Dhra "S"tapar"n"eya once on a time repaired to Mah"s"la 2 "G"bla. He said to him, 'Knowing what 3, hast thou come to me?'--'Agni (the fire) I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'Speech.'--'Wh...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 7, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:7:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:7:4:11. On the (three) naturally-perforated (bricks) he (the Sacrificer) sings smans; for the naturally-perforated ones are these (three) worlds; and they p. 145 are just these (ordinary) stones. The gods...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. Corrections : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], p. 405 CORRECTIONS. Page 66, 1. 11, and note 1. The "K"atush"t"oma is such an arrangement of the Stotras of a Soma-sacrifice in which the Stomas (or hymn-forms) employed increase successively by four syllables. See notes on XI, 5...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 2, 2. Second : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:2:2 SECOND BRHMA"N"A. 10:2:2:11. Now the one person which they made out of those seven persons 1 became this Pra"g"pati. He produced living beings (or offspring), and having produced living beings he went upwards,--he went...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 5, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:5:4 p. 95 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:5:4:11. He lays them down on the range of the Ash"dh"; for the Ash"dh" is speech, and this (set of bricks 1) is the essence (of food): he thus lays into speech the essence of food; whence it is...
Eighth Kan And ID And IA. Viii, 4, 4 : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 8:4:4 FOURTH BRHMA"N"A. 8:4:4:11. Now, then, as to the order of proceeding. That (brick) which contains the Triv"ri"t (thrice-threefold stoma) he places in front, that containing the twenty-one-fold (stoma) at the back, th...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 3, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:3:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 9:3:3:11. He then offers these Ya"g"akratus 1 (sacrificial rites), with,' May the Agni and the Gharma (prosper) for me!'--by these sacrificial rites he thus gratifies him, and by these sacrificial rites he...
Untitled : THE SATAPATHA BRAHMANA, PART IV Sacred Books Of The East, Vol. 43 TRANSLATED BY JULIUS EGGELING [1897] This is part IV of the Sacred Books of the East Satapatha Brahamana translation, containing Books VIII, IX and X. Title Page Contents Introduction EIGHTH K"N"D"A VIII, 1, 1. First Adhyya. First...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 1, 1. First : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:1:1 p. 150 NINTH K"N"D"A. THE BUILDING OF THE SACRED FIRE-ALTAR (continued). "S"ATARUDRIYA LUSTRATION, INSTALMENT AND CONSECRATION OF FIRE, AND SOMA-SACRIFICE. FIRST ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. THE SATARUDRIYA. THIS solemn...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 5, 1. Fifth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:5:1 FIFTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 9:5:1:11. Now, then, as to the taking of milk as fast-food: the initiated should take milk for his fast-food. Once upon a time the nectar of immortality departed from the gods. 9:5:1:22. They...
Tenth Kan And ID And IA. X, 1, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 10:1:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 10:1:3:11. Pra"g"pati created living beings. From the out- (and in-) breathings he created the gods, and from the downward breathings the mortal beings; and p. 290 above the (mortal) beings he created Death...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 2, 3. Third : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:2:3 THIRD BRHMA"N"A. 9:2:3:11. He (the Adhvaryu) then gives orders (to his assistant, the Pratiprastht"ri"); 'Lift the log 1! hold up the underlayer!'--[To the Hot"ri"], 'Recite for p. 192 [paragraph continues] Agni as he is...
Ninth Kan And ID And IA. Ix, 4, 1. Fourth : * "Satapatha Brahmana Part IV (SBE43)", Julius Eggeling tr. [1897], 9:4:1 FOURTH ADHYYA. FIRST BRHMA"N"A. 9:4:1:11. He then offers the Rsh"t"rabh"ri"t (realm-sustaining) oblations;--the realm-sustainers, doubtless, are the kings, for it is they that sustain realms. These deities, indeed, have been...