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1According to Katy. II, 6, 29, the same ceremony may be performed at the Darsapfirnamfsa; but there no mention is made of it by our author (see I, 2, 5, 12). 5 Viz. the Agntdhra lays them down between the altar and the pranitéh (see p. 422, note 3); the firewood behind (west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south, The- wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pramftaA. 424 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. puts it down thereon’, north of the sprinkling water). He (the Adhvaryu) takes butter, while ‘ sacrificiallyinvested?’ 13. Here now they say,‘ Let him take butter in the upabhvzt (by) twice (ladling with the dipping spoon); since there are two after-offerings® at this (sacrifice).’ Let him, nevertheless, ladle eight times into the upabhzzt: let him do so, lest he should depart from the manner of the sacrifice. After ladling out butter, and shifting his cord back to the right shoulder,— 14. The Adhvaryu takes the lustral water, and sprinkles first the firewood, and then the altar‘. Thereupon they hand the sacrificial grass® to him, and he puts it down (on the altar) with the knot to the east. Having thereupon sprinkled it and 1 The lady of the house not being present at the sacrifice to the Manes, neither the ceremony of girding (I, 3,1, 12 seq.), nor that of her looking at the butter—while it is taken from the Garhapatya fire, along the east side of the Ahavantya to the altar—takes place on this occasion. According to the commentators on Katy. V, 8, 25 (Paddh. p. 519), however, the Adhvaryu has to look down on the butter, with the same text (Vag. S. I, 30) which was used by the sacrificer’s wife. For some details to be supplied here, see I, 3,1, 22-28. * He has hitherto worn his sacrificial cord on the right shoulder and under the left arm (‘ eastward-invested ’), and now shifts it so as to be on the left shoulder and under the right arm (‘sacrificiallyinvested’), As to the taking or ladling of butter into the offeringspoons, see I, 3, 2, 1 seq. 5 See I, 3, 2, 9. * See I, 3, 3, 1 seq. 5 The barhis, on this occasion, must have been cut close to the root (upam@lam, II, 4, 2,17; Gpam@le ditam, KAava rec.). According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 6-7, on the other hand, it has apparently to be torn up with the roots (yat parushi dinam tad devandm, yad antaré tan manushy4z4m, yat samfilam tat pitrfn4m). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 16. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara’;—it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara.
2II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 16. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara’;—it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara. 15. After undoing the band, he moves thrice? round from right to left, spreading the sacrificial grass all over (the altar); while spreading it all over from right to left in three layers, he reserves as much as may serve for the prastara-bunch. He then moves again thrice round (the altar) from left to right. The reason why he again moves thrice round from left to right, is that, while the first time he went away from here after those three ancestors of his, he now comes back again from them to this, his own world: that is why he again moves thrice round from left to right. 16. He lays the enclosing-sticks along (the fire, with their tops) towards the south®; and the prastara also he spreads (with the grass-tops) towards the south; nor does he lay down the two vidhvttis between (the barhis and the prastara). Once for all the fathers have departed from hence: therefore he lays no vidhvtis between. ' As he did on the former occasion, I, 3, 3, 5- ? According to Taitt. Br. I,.6, 8, 7, because the fathers abide in the third world from here (tritiye va ito loke pitaraf). * Viz. he is to lay down the enclosing-sticks along the north, west, and east sides, the last two with their tops towards the south. The third text (cf. I, 3, 4, 4) has, of course, to be changed to ‘ May Mitra-Varuza lay thee around in the east,’ &c.; as has also the one he mutters after putting the two sticks on the fire, to ‘ May the sun guard thee from the south against any imprecation!’ (I, 3, 4, 8.) According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 8-9, on the other hand, he is to lay down only two enclosing-sticks (viz. the middle or western, and the northern one, cf. Sayaza on Taitt. S. I, p. 72). 426 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 17. Thereon he lays the guhd, and east of it (on the barhis) the upabhvzt. Having then put down the dhruva, the cake, the parched grain, and the porridge (each east of the preceding one), he touches the oblations. 18. All of them having now become ‘ sacrificiallyinvested,’ the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)’. 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice: hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed: hence they perform in an enclosed place.
3Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice: hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed: hence they perform in an enclosed place. 21. While putting firewood (on the fire), he then says (to the Hotz), ‘ Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled!’ Only (this) one kindling-verse the Hotzz recites ?, (and that) thrice ;—the fathers have departed once for all: hence the Hotz? recites thrice only one kindling-verse. 22. He recites, ‘Loving we deposit thee (O Agni), loving we enkindle thee: O loving one, bring * Here he remains standing, while the Sacrificer and Brahman sit down facing the east. ° * Instead of the ordinary eleven verses, the first and last of which are recited thrice; see I, 3, 5,6. According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 9,1, the Adhvaryu summons the Hotr? with ‘ Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled for the gods (and) fathers!’ The bunch of firewood, with the exception of one stick, which is reserved for the afterofferings, is divided into three parts, one of which is thrown on the fire at the same time when the syllable ‘om’ is pronounced by the Hotr? at the end of the kindling-verse. ll KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 23. 427 hither the loving fathers to eat their oblation!’ Thereupon he says, ‘Bring Agni hither’! bring Soma hither! bring hither the fathers, accompanied by Soma! bring hither the fathers, seated on the barhis! bring hither the fathers, consumed by Agni! bring hither the butter-drinking gods! bring hither Agni for the Hotvzship! bring hither (thine) own greatness?!’ Having thus called on (Agni) to bring hither (the fathers and gods), he sits down. 23. Having then called* for the (Agntdhra’s) ‘ SraushaZ, he does not elect the Hot; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotzz4, lest he should consign the Hotz to the Manes. He says, ‘ Hotrz, seat thyself!’ and takes his seat. The Hotvz, having sat down on the Hotvz’s seat, urges (the Adhvaryu) to proceed ; and thus urged, the Adhvaryu takes the two spoons and steps across to the west (of the fire); and having stepped across and called for the ‘Sraushad,’ he says, ‘Pronounce the offering-prayer to the kindling-sticks!’ He performs four fore-offerings®, ' The K4zva MS. reads, ‘ Bring Agni hither, O Agni!’ Before this, Asval. II, 19, 7 inserts, ‘Bring hither the gods (and) fathers for the sacrificer!’ See I, 4, 2, 16. ? According to the KAnva text he adds here the same formula as at ordinary ishds (I, 4, 2, 17), ‘ Bring (them) hither, O Gatavedas, and offer up a good offering!’ For the formulas ‘ Bring hither Agni for the Hotr/ship ! bring hither thine own greatness!’ Asval. II, 19, 8 apparently substitutes ‘ Bring hither Agni Kavyavéhana !’ cf. further on, par. 30. ’ ‘The Adhvaryu, having offered the two libations of butter, and called for the Srausha/,’ K4ava recension.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1According to Katy. II, 6, 29, the same ceremony may be performed at the Darsapfirnamfsa; but there no mention is made of it by our author (see I, 2, 5, 12). 5 Viz. the Agntdhra lays them down between the altar and the pranitéh (see p. 422, note 3); the firewood behind (west of) the sacrificial grass (barhis), and both with the tops towards the south, The- wooden sword also has been previously put down by the Adhvaryu close behind the pramftaA. 424 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. puts it down thereon’, north of the sprinkling water). He (the Adhvaryu) takes butter, while ‘ sacrificiallyinvested?’ 13. Here now they say,‘ Let him take butter in the upabhvzt (by) twice (ladling with the dipping spoon); since there are two after-offerings® at this (sacrifice).’ Let him, nevertheless, ladle eight times into the upabhzzt: let him do so, lest he should depart from the manner of the sacrifice. After ladling out butter, and shifting his cord back to the right shoulder,— 14. The Adhvaryu takes the lustral water, and sprinkles first the firewood, and then the altar‘. Thereupon they hand the sacrificial grass® to him, and he puts it down (on the altar) with the knot to the east. Having thereupon sprinkled it and 1 The lady of the house not being present at the sacrifice to the Manes, neither the ceremony of girding (I, 3,1, 12 seq.), nor that of her looking at the butter—while it is taken from the Garhapatya fire, along the east side of the Ahavantya to the altar—takes place on this occasion. According to the commentators on Katy. V, 8, 25 (Paddh. p. 519), however, the Adhvaryu has to look down on the butter, with the same text (Vag. S. I, 30) which was used by the sacrificer’s wife. For some details to be supplied here, see I, 3,1, 22-28. * He has hitherto worn his sacrificial cord on the right shoulder and under the left arm (‘ eastward-invested ’), and now shifts it so as to be on the left shoulder and under the right arm (‘sacrificiallyinvested’), As to the taking or ladling of butter into the offeringspoons, see I, 3, 2, 1 seq. 5 See I, 3, 2, 9. * See I, 3, 3, 1 seq. 5 The barhis, on this occasion, must have been cut close to the root (upam@lam, II, 4, 2,17; Gpam@le ditam, KAava rec.). According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 6-7, on the other hand, it has apparently to be torn up with the roots (yat parushi dinam tad devandm, yad antaré tan manushy4z4m, yat samfilam tat pitrfn4m). II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 16. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara’;—it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara.
2II KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 16. 425 poured out (the lustral water on the lower ends of the grass-stalks), and untied the knot, he (at once) seizes the knot, not the prastara’;—it is once for all that the fathers have departed: hence he does not take the prastara. 15. After undoing the band, he moves thrice? round from right to left, spreading the sacrificial grass all over (the altar); while spreading it all over from right to left in three layers, he reserves as much as may serve for the prastara-bunch. He then moves again thrice round (the altar) from left to right. The reason why he again moves thrice round from left to right, is that, while the first time he went away from here after those three ancestors of his, he now comes back again from them to this, his own world: that is why he again moves thrice round from left to right. 16. He lays the enclosing-sticks along (the fire, with their tops) towards the south®; and the prastara also he spreads (with the grass-tops) towards the south; nor does he lay down the two vidhvttis between (the barhis and the prastara). Once for all the fathers have departed from hence: therefore he lays no vidhvtis between. ' As he did on the former occasion, I, 3, 3, 5- ? According to Taitt. Br. I,.6, 8, 7, because the fathers abide in the third world from here (tritiye va ito loke pitaraf). * Viz. he is to lay down the enclosing-sticks along the north, west, and east sides, the last two with their tops towards the south. The third text (cf. I, 3, 4, 4) has, of course, to be changed to ‘ May Mitra-Varuza lay thee around in the east,’ &c.; as has also the one he mutters after putting the two sticks on the fire, to ‘ May the sun guard thee from the south against any imprecation!’ (I, 3, 4, 8.) According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 8, 8-9, on the other hand, he is to lay down only two enclosing-sticks (viz. the middle or western, and the northern one, cf. Sayaza on Taitt. S. I, p. 72). 426 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 17. Thereon he lays the guhd, and east of it (on the barhis) the upabhvzt. Having then put down the dhruva, the cake, the parched grain, and the porridge (each east of the preceding one), he touches the oblations. 18. All of them having now become ‘ sacrificiallyinvested,’ the Sacrificer and Brahman (being) thus (invested) walk round (from the east, along the south) to the west side; and the Agnidhra (from the west) to the east side (of the fire)’. 19. They perform this (sacrifice) in a low voice. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice: hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed: hence they perform in an enclosed place.
3Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is (what is spoken) in a low voice: hence they perform (the offering) in a low voice. 20. They perform it in an enclosed place. Secret, indeed, are the fathers, and secret also is that which is enclosed: hence they perform in an enclosed place. 21. While putting firewood (on the fire), he then says (to the Hotz), ‘ Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled!’ Only (this) one kindling-verse the Hotzz recites ?, (and that) thrice ;—the fathers have departed once for all: hence the Hotz? recites thrice only one kindling-verse. 22. He recites, ‘Loving we deposit thee (O Agni), loving we enkindle thee: O loving one, bring * Here he remains standing, while the Sacrificer and Brahman sit down facing the east. ° * Instead of the ordinary eleven verses, the first and last of which are recited thrice; see I, 3, 5,6. According to Taitt. Br. I, 6, 9,1, the Adhvaryu summons the Hotr? with ‘ Recite to the fire, as it is being kindled for the gods (and) fathers!’ The bunch of firewood, with the exception of one stick, which is reserved for the afterofferings, is divided into three parts, one of which is thrown on the fire at the same time when the syllable ‘om’ is pronounced by the Hotr? at the end of the kindling-verse. ll KANDA, 6 ADHYAYA, I BRAHMANA, 23. 427 hither the loving fathers to eat their oblation!’ Thereupon he says, ‘Bring Agni hither’! bring Soma hither! bring hither the fathers, accompanied by Soma! bring hither the fathers, seated on the barhis! bring hither the fathers, consumed by Agni! bring hither the butter-drinking gods! bring hither Agni for the Hotvzship! bring hither (thine) own greatness?!’ Having thus called on (Agni) to bring hither (the fathers and gods), he sits down. 23. Having then called* for the (Agntdhra’s) ‘ SraushaZ, he does not elect the Hot; for this being a sacrifice to the Manes, he does not elect the Hotzz4, lest he should consign the Hotz to the Manes. He says, ‘ Hotrz, seat thyself!’ and takes his seat. The Hotvz, having sat down on the Hotvz’s seat, urges (the Adhvaryu) to proceed ; and thus urged, the Adhvaryu takes the two spoons and steps across to the west (of the fire); and having stepped across and called for the ‘Sraushad,’ he says, ‘Pronounce the offering-prayer to the kindling-sticks!’ He performs four fore-offerings®, ' The K4zva MS. reads, ‘ Bring Agni hither, O Agni!’ Before this, Asval. II, 19, 7 inserts, ‘Bring hither the gods (and) fathers for the sacrificer!’ See I, 4, 2, 16. ? According to the KAnva text he adds here the same formula as at ordinary ishds (I, 4, 2, 17), ‘ Bring (them) hither, O Gatavedas, and offer up a good offering!’ For the formulas ‘ Bring hither Agni for the Hotr/ship ! bring hither thine own greatness!’ Asval. II, 19, 8 apparently substitutes ‘ Bring hither Agni Kavyavéhana !’ cf. further on, par. 30. ’ ‘The Adhvaryu, having offered the two libations of butter, and called for the Srausha/,’ K4ava recension.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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