The Sacred Laws of the Âryas, Part II — SBE Vol. 14 (trans. Georg Bühler, 1882)

13. Now they quote also (the following maxim): ‘The syllable Om, the Vy4hrztis, and the Savitri, these five Veda-offerings daily cleanse the Brahmaza from guilt.’ .

14. Being purified by the five Veda-offerings, he next satiates the gods (with water, saying),

Prasna II, ApuyAya 5, KawpikA 9,

1. ‘I satiate the deities of the eastern gate, Agni, Prag4pati, Soma, Rudra, Aditi, Byzhaspati, together with the lunar mansions, with the planets, with the days and nights, and with the Muhartas; Om, I also satiate the Vasus ;

are found Taitt. Samhita IV, 1, 5,1; V, 6, 1,1; and Taitt. Brahmaza I, 4, 8. Pavitras, i.e. blades of Kuswgrass. ‘He performs three Praz4ydmas with the A hamarshaza hymn (Rig-veda X, 190), i.e. he thrice suppresses his breath (pra#4y4ma) and recites during each suppression the Aghamarshaza three times, just as on other occasions the Gayatri is recited three times.

12. The first Mantra is found Taitt. Samhita IV, 1, 7, 4; the third and the fourth Taitt. Aranyaka IV, 42, 32-33.

14. Vishnu XLIV, 24. The ceremony is the so-called Tarpaza,
which is usually described in the Grzhya-sfitras, e.g. SAankhayana
IV, 9-10, and the quotations in Professor Oldenberg’s notes,
Indische Studien XV, 152.

• 9. 1. This and the next Kandikas are given in full by K. only.
• M. gives the first and last words of both, the commentary the

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2. ‘Om, I satiate the deities of the southern gate, the Pityzs, Yama, Bhaga, Savitrz, Tvash¢r7, Vayu, Indragni, together with the lunar mansions, with the planets, with the days and nights, and with the Muhairtas; Om, I also satiate the Rudras. ~

3. ‘Om, I satiate the deities of the western gate,
Mitra, Indra, the Mahpitr¢s, the Waters, all the gods,
Brahman, Vishzu, together with the lunar mansions,
with the planets, with the days and nights, and with
the Muhirtas; Om, I also satiate the Adityas.

4. ‘Om, I satiate the deities of the northern gate, the Vasus, Varuza, Aga-ekap4d, Ahibudhnya, Ushas, the two Asvins, Yama, together with ......

5. ‘Om, I satiate all the gods ; the SAdhyas ; Brahman; Pragdpati; the four-faced god; Hirazyagarbha ; Svayambhd; the male attendants of Brahman ; Paramesh/¢Zin ; the female attendants of Brahman ; Agni; Vayu; Varuza; Sdrya; the moon; the lunar mansions ; SadyogAta; Bhd/-purusha ; Bhuva/-purusha ; Suva/-purusha ; BhiZ; Bhuvak; Suvah; Mahas ; Ganak; Tapa; Satya.

6. ‘Om, I satiate the god Bhava; Sarva; fsdna; Pasupati; Rudra; Ugra; Bhitmadeva; Mahadeva ; the wife of the god Bhava; of the god Sarva; of the god fsAna; of the god Pasupati; of the god Rudra ; of the god Ugra; of Bhtmadeva; of Mahadeva; the son of Bhava; of Sarva; of Isina; of Pasupati; of

6. ‘Om, I satiate the god Bhava; Sarva; fsdna; Pasupati; Rudra; Ugra; Bhitmadeva; Mahadeva ; the wife of the god Bhava; of the god Sarva; of the god fsAna; of the god Pasupati; of the god Rudra ; of the god Ugra; of Bhtmadeva; of Mahadeva; the son of Bhava; of Sarva; of Isina; of Pasupati; of beginning of 9 and the end of 10 only. The text of K. is probably interpolated, as it seems impossible that Baudhayana could have mentioned his successors, Apastamba and Satydsha4dha Hiranyakesin, whose names occur below, II, 5, 9,14. On the other hand, it is not doubtful that the number of Mantras must nevertheless have been very large, as the numeration in M. shows that they filled two entire Kandikas.

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Rudra ; of Ugra; of Bhtmadeva ; of Mahadeva ; Om,
I also satiate the Rudras; the attendants of Rudra.

7. ‘Om, I satiate Vighna; Vindyaka ; Vira ; Sthala ;
Varada; WHastimukha; Vakratuzda; Ekadanta;
Lambodara; the male attendants of Vighna; the
female attendants of Vighna.

8. ‘Om, I satiate Sanatkumdra; Skanda; Indra ; Shash¢Aât; Shazmukha; VisAkha; Mahdsena; Subrahmazya; the male attendants of Skanda; the female attendants of Skanda.

g. ‘Om, I satiate Aditya ; Soma; Angéraka ;
Budha; Brzhaspati; Sukra; Sanaiséara; Rahu;
Ketu. .

to. ‘Om, I satiate Kesava; Nardyaza ; Madhava ; Govinda; Vishzu; Madhusidana; Trivikrama; Vamana; Sridhara; Hyzshtkesa; Padmandbha; Damodara; the goddess Srt; the goddess Sarasvati; Push¢i; Tush¢i; Vishvzu ; Garutmat ; the male attendants of Vishzu; the female attendants of Vishzu.

11, ‘Om, I satiate Yama; Yamard4ga; Dharma;
Dharmarfga; K4la; Nila; Mzctyu; Mretyuggaya ;
Vaivasvata; itragupta; Audumbara; the male
attendants of Vaivasvata; the female attendants of
Vaivasvata.

12. ‘Om, I satiate the gods of the earth ; K4syapa; Antariksha; Vidy4; Dhanvantari; the male attendants of Dhanvantari; the female attendants of Dhanvantari.’

13. Next, passing the sacrificial thread round the neck, (he offers the following libations) :

14. ‘Om, I satiate the Azshis; the great Azshis; the best Azshis; the Brahmarshis; the divine Azshis; the royal Azshis; the Srutarshis ; the Seven Azshis ;

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the Rzshis of the K4zdas (of the Yagur-veda); the Rishikas ; the wives of the zshis ; the sons of the Rishis; Kava Baudh4yana; Apastamba, the author of the Sdtra; Satyash4dza Hiranyakesin; VAgasaneyin YAgnavalkya; Asvalayana Saunaka; VyAsa; the syllable Om; the Vydhvztis; the SAvitrt; the GAyatri ; the AZandas; the Azg-veda; the Yagurveda; the Sadma-veda; the Atharvangirasa; the - Itihdsa and Purdmza; all the Vedas; the servants of all gods ; all beings.’

15. Then, passing the sacrificial string over the right shoulder, (he offers the following libations) :

Prasna IJ, ApuAya 5, KawoikA 10.

Then, passing the sacrificial string over the right shoulder, (he offers the following libations) :

Prasna IJ, ApuAya 5, KawoikA 10.

1. ‘Om, I satiate the fathers, Svadh4, adoration ! the grandfathers; the great-grandfathers; the mothers; the grandmothers; the great -grandmothers; the maternal grandfathers; the maternal grandmother ; the mother’s grandmother ; the mother’s great-grandmother.

2. ‘Om, I satiate the teacher (4é4rya), Svadha, adoration! the wife of the teacher; the friends; the wives of the friends; the relatives; the wives of the relatives; the inmates of the house (amatya); the wives of the inmates of the house; all; the wives of all.’

3. He pours the water out from the several
Tirthas (of the hand sacred to the several deities).

4. (He recites at the end of the rite the following

3. I.e. the water must be poured out in accordance with the rule given above.

4. Vagasaneyi Samhita II, 34. The translation of the Mantra follows Govinda’s explanation.

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Mantra): ‘(Ye waters), who bring food, ambrosia, clarified butter, milk, and barley-gruel, are food for the manes; satiate my ancestors! May you be satiated, may you be satiated!’

5. Let him not perform ceremonies in honour of the gods while his clothes are wet, or while he is dressed in one garment only;

6. Nor those connected with the manes. That ‘is the opinion) of some (teachers).

Praswa II, ApuyAya 6, KaworKA 11.

1. Now these five great sacrifices, which are also called the great sacrificial sessions, are the sacrifice to be offered to the gods, the sacrifice to be offered to the manes, the sacrifice to be offered to all beings, the sacrifice to be offered to men, (and) the sacrifice to be offered to Brahman,

2. Let him daily offer (something to the gods with the exclamation) Svah4, be it only a piece of fuel. Thereby he performs that sacrifice to the gods,

3. Let him daily offer (something to the manes with the exclamation) Svadh4, be it only a vessel filled with water. Thereby he performs that sacrifice to the manes.

4. Let him daily pay reverence to (all beings) endowed with life. Thereby he performs that sacrifice to the beings. .

11. 1. This and the next four Sftras agree almost literally with
Satapatha-brahmaza XI, 5, 6,1. See also Taitt. Aranyaka II, 10;
Apastamba I, 4, 12, 15-13, I.

4. Govinda says that the Mantra is to be ‘ bhfitebhyo nama, adoration to all beings,’ and adds that some consider the first three

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5. Let him daily give food to Brahmamas, be it only roots, fruit, or vegetables. Thereby he performs that sacrifice to men.

6. Let him daily recite the Veda privately, be it only the syllable Om or the Vy4hvttis. Thereby he performs that sacrifice to be offered to Brahman.