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Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Now it is to Varuma that those waters belong which, (whilst being part) of flowing water, do not flow; and Varuma’s quickening (sava) is that RAgasdya : therefore he sprinkles him therewith. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 13. He then catches such (water) as it rains while the sun shines, with, ‘Lustrous as the sun ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Lustrous as the sun ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles: it is with lustre he thereby sprinkles him, and lustrous v KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 16. 77 as the sun he thereby makes him. And pure indeed is such water as it rains while the sun shines, for before it has reached this (earth), he catches it: he thus makes him pure thereby. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 14. He then takes (water) from a pond with, ‘Pleasing ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me!—Pleasing ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: he thereby makes the people steady and faithful to him, This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 15. He then draws (water) from a well with, ‘ Fold-dwellers ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, _ hail!—Folddwellers ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles, He thereby brings (some of) the water which is beyond this (earth), and also (he does so) for the completeness of the waters, this is why he sprinkles him therewith. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 16. He then takes dew-drops! with, ‘ Devoted? 1 Sayana explains ‘ prushv4’ by ‘nth4r4’’ (mist water), the commentators on Katy. XV, 4, 38, by ‘ hoar-frost.’ * It is difficult to see in what sense the author takes vasa. While Mahidhara (V4g. S. X, 4) explains it by ‘pleasing’ or ‘desirable’ (usyante ganaiZ kamyante=nnanishpattihetutvat) ; Sayana leaves a choice between that meaning (sarvais kamyam4né) and that of ‘ obedient, submissive’ (yadv4 vasy4 stha, nihdro hi nadtpravahavan manushyddigatim na pratibadhnati, ato vasyatvam prushva#z4m annady&tmakatvam upapddayati; MS. I. O. 657). The St. Petersburg dictionary gives the meaning ‘submissive,’ but leaves it doubtful whether it may not be derived from vasa, ‘fat, grease.’ 78 " SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Devoted ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: it is with food he thereby consecrates him, and food he thereby bestows upon him. For even as this fire burns up (the wood) so does that sun yonder, even in rising, burn up the plants, the food. But those waters coming down, quench that (heat), for if those waters were not to come down, there would be no food left remaining here: it is with food he thus sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings.
2But those waters coming down, quench that (heat), for if those waters were not to come down, there would be no food left remaining here: it is with food he thus sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 17. He then takes honey with, ‘Most powerful ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Most powerful ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles, and it is by the essence of the waters and plants that he thereby sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. . 18. He then takes embryonic (waters) of a calving cow with, ‘Mighty ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Mighty ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: it is with cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. Ig. He then takes milk with, ‘Man-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Man-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: Vv KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 24. 79 it is with cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 20. He then takes clarified butter with, ‘ Allsupporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Al1l-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles : it is with the essence of cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 21. Having then caught up (moist) sun-motes with the hollow of his hands, he mixes them (with the other kinds of water), with, ‘Self-ruling waters ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ For those sun-motes are indeed self-ruling waters, since they are flowing, as it were, and, not yielding to one another's superiority, keep being now higher now lower: he thus thereby bestows self-ruling power upon him. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 22. ‘These then are seventeen (kinds of) water he brings together, for Pragapati is seventeenfold, and Pragapati is the sacrifice: that is why he brings together seventeen kinds of water. 23. Now sixteen kinds of water are those he offers upon ; and he offers sixteen oblations : that makes thirty-two. On two of them he does not offer, viz. on the water from the Sarasvati and on the sunmotes: that makes thirty-four. For three and thirty are the gods, and Pragdpati is the thirtyfourth : he thus makes him to be Pragdpati (the lord of creatures). 24. And as to why he takes (water) each time after offering.—the ghee, to be sure, is a thunder- 80 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. bolt : having won them, one by one, by means of that thunderbolt, the ghee, and made them his own, he takes them.
324. And as to why he takes (water) each time after offering.—the ghee, to be sure, is a thunder- 80 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. bolt : having won them, one by one, by means of that thunderbolt, the ghee, and made them his own, he takes them. 25. And as to why he does not offer on the (water) from the Sarasvatt,—Sarasvatt, to be sure, is (the goddess of) Speech, and the ghee is a thunderbolt : ‘Lest I should injure (the goddess of) Speech !’ thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the water from the Sarasvatt. 26. And as to why he does not offer on the sunmotes: ‘Lest I should offer that oblation in a doubtful way!!’ thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the sun-motes. 27. He pours them together into an udumbara vessel with, ‘ Let the honey-sweet mix with the honey-sweet!’—‘Let those full of essence mix with those full of essence!’ he thereby says ;— ‘Winning great power (kshatra) for the Kshatriya!’ in saying this he prays in a covert way for power to the Sacrificer. 28. He deposits them in front of the Maitravaruza’s hearth, with, ‘Unimpaired rest ye, the strengthful!’—‘ unimpaired by the Rakshas rest ye!’ he thereby says; and by ‘strengthful’ he means to say ‘powerful;’ ‘bestowing great power on the Kshatriya;’—in saying this he prays in an overt way for power to the Sacrificer. Firty BRAHMANA. 1. He consecrates him at the midday Soma-feast. Now Prag&pati is that sacrifice which is here performed, and whence these creatures have been 1 On account of the doubtful nature of the watery sun-motes. V KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 5 BRAHMANA, 5. 81 produced,—and so they are even now produced after this one: he thus places him in the very middle of that Pragdpati, and consecrates him in the middle. 2. Before the M4hendra (cup) has been drawn,— — for that M4hendra cup is Indra’s special (nishkevalya) cup, and so is that Nishkevalya Stotra (hymn) and Nishkevalya Sastra (recitation); and the Sacrificer is Indra: he thus consecrates him in his own resting-place. Hence before the Mahendra (cup) has been drawn,— 3. He spreads a tiger-skin in front of the Maitravaruma’s hearth}, with (Vag. S. X, 5), ‘Thou art Soma’s beauty.’ For because when Soma flowed through Indra he (Indra) thereupon became a tiger, therefore he is Soma’s beauty ; this is why he says, ‘Thou art Soma’s splendour ;’—‘may my beauty become like unto thine!’ He thus bestows the tiger's beauty on him: therefore he says, ‘May my beauty become like unto thine!’ 4. He then offers the Partha oblations. Now Przthin Vainya was consecrated first of men. He desired that he might appropriate to himself all food. They offered up for him those (oblations), and he appropriated to himself all the food here on earth. They would even call forest beasts to him, saying, ‘Come hither thou (beast) so and so, the king wants to cook thee!’ Thus he appropriated all food here on earth; and verily he appropriates to himself all food for whom that knows this those (oblations) are offered.
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.
1Now it is to Varuma that those waters belong which, (whilst being part) of flowing water, do not flow; and Varuma’s quickening (sava) is that RAgasdya : therefore he sprinkles him therewith. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 13. He then catches such (water) as it rains while the sun shines, with, ‘Lustrous as the sun ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Lustrous as the sun ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles: it is with lustre he thereby sprinkles him, and lustrous v KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 16. 77 as the sun he thereby makes him. And pure indeed is such water as it rains while the sun shines, for before it has reached this (earth), he catches it: he thus makes him pure thereby. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 14. He then takes (water) from a pond with, ‘Pleasing ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me!—Pleasing ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: he thereby makes the people steady and faithful to him, This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 15. He then draws (water) from a well with, ‘ Fold-dwellers ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, _ hail!—Folddwellers ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles, He thereby brings (some of) the water which is beyond this (earth), and also (he does so) for the completeness of the waters, this is why he sprinkles him therewith. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 16. He then takes dew-drops! with, ‘ Devoted? 1 Sayana explains ‘ prushv4’ by ‘nth4r4’’ (mist water), the commentators on Katy. XV, 4, 38, by ‘ hoar-frost.’ * It is difficult to see in what sense the author takes vasa. While Mahidhara (V4g. S. X, 4) explains it by ‘pleasing’ or ‘desirable’ (usyante ganaiZ kamyante=nnanishpattihetutvat) ; Sayana leaves a choice between that meaning (sarvais kamyam4né) and that of ‘ obedient, submissive’ (yadv4 vasy4 stha, nihdro hi nadtpravahavan manushyddigatim na pratibadhnati, ato vasyatvam prushva#z4m annady&tmakatvam upapddayati; MS. I. O. 657). The St. Petersburg dictionary gives the meaning ‘submissive,’ but leaves it doubtful whether it may not be derived from vasa, ‘fat, grease.’ 78 " SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Devoted ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: it is with food he thereby consecrates him, and food he thereby bestows upon him. For even as this fire burns up (the wood) so does that sun yonder, even in rising, burn up the plants, the food. But those waters coming down, quench that (heat), for if those waters were not to come down, there would be no food left remaining here: it is with food he thus sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings.
2But those waters coming down, quench that (heat), for if those waters were not to come down, there would be no food left remaining here: it is with food he thus sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 17. He then takes honey with, ‘Most powerful ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Most powerful ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With this (water) he sprinkles, and it is by the essence of the waters and plants that he thereby sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. . 18. He then takes embryonic (waters) of a calving cow with, ‘Mighty ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Mighty ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: it is with cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. Ig. He then takes milk with, ‘Man-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Man-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles: Vv KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 24. 79 it is with cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 20. He then takes clarified butter with, ‘ Allsupporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on me, hail!—Al1l-supporting ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ With that (water) he sprinkles : it is with the essence of cattle he thereby consecrates him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings. 21. Having then caught up (moist) sun-motes with the hollow of his hands, he mixes them (with the other kinds of water), with, ‘Self-ruling waters ye are, bestowers of kingship: bestow ye kingship on N.N.!’ For those sun-motes are indeed self-ruling waters, since they are flowing, as it were, and, not yielding to one another's superiority, keep being now higher now lower: he thus thereby bestows self-ruling power upon him. This is one kind of water : it is that he now brings. 22. ‘These then are seventeen (kinds of) water he brings together, for Pragapati is seventeenfold, and Pragapati is the sacrifice: that is why he brings together seventeen kinds of water. 23. Now sixteen kinds of water are those he offers upon ; and he offers sixteen oblations : that makes thirty-two. On two of them he does not offer, viz. on the water from the Sarasvati and on the sunmotes: that makes thirty-four. For three and thirty are the gods, and Pragdpati is the thirtyfourth : he thus makes him to be Pragdpati (the lord of creatures). 24. And as to why he takes (water) each time after offering.—the ghee, to be sure, is a thunder- 80 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. bolt : having won them, one by one, by means of that thunderbolt, the ghee, and made them his own, he takes them.
324. And as to why he takes (water) each time after offering.—the ghee, to be sure, is a thunder- 80 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. bolt : having won them, one by one, by means of that thunderbolt, the ghee, and made them his own, he takes them. 25. And as to why he does not offer on the (water) from the Sarasvatt,—Sarasvatt, to be sure, is (the goddess of) Speech, and the ghee is a thunderbolt : ‘Lest I should injure (the goddess of) Speech !’ thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the water from the Sarasvatt. 26. And as to why he does not offer on the sunmotes: ‘Lest I should offer that oblation in a doubtful way!!’ thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the sun-motes. 27. He pours them together into an udumbara vessel with, ‘ Let the honey-sweet mix with the honey-sweet!’—‘Let those full of essence mix with those full of essence!’ he thereby says ;— ‘Winning great power (kshatra) for the Kshatriya!’ in saying this he prays in a covert way for power to the Sacrificer. 28. He deposits them in front of the Maitravaruza’s hearth, with, ‘Unimpaired rest ye, the strengthful!’—‘ unimpaired by the Rakshas rest ye!’ he thereby says; and by ‘strengthful’ he means to say ‘powerful;’ ‘bestowing great power on the Kshatriya;’—in saying this he prays in an overt way for power to the Sacrificer. Firty BRAHMANA. 1. He consecrates him at the midday Soma-feast. Now Prag&pati is that sacrifice which is here performed, and whence these creatures have been 1 On account of the doubtful nature of the watery sun-motes. V KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 5 BRAHMANA, 5. 81 produced,—and so they are even now produced after this one: he thus places him in the very middle of that Pragdpati, and consecrates him in the middle. 2. Before the M4hendra (cup) has been drawn,— — for that M4hendra cup is Indra’s special (nishkevalya) cup, and so is that Nishkevalya Stotra (hymn) and Nishkevalya Sastra (recitation); and the Sacrificer is Indra: he thus consecrates him in his own resting-place. Hence before the Mahendra (cup) has been drawn,— 3. He spreads a tiger-skin in front of the Maitravaruma’s hearth}, with (Vag. S. X, 5), ‘Thou art Soma’s beauty.’ For because when Soma flowed through Indra he (Indra) thereupon became a tiger, therefore he is Soma’s beauty ; this is why he says, ‘Thou art Soma’s splendour ;’—‘may my beauty become like unto thine!’ He thus bestows the tiger's beauty on him: therefore he says, ‘May my beauty become like unto thine!’ 4. He then offers the Partha oblations. Now Przthin Vainya was consecrated first of men. He desired that he might appropriate to himself all food. They offered up for him those (oblations), and he appropriated to himself all the food here on earth. They would even call forest beasts to him, saying, ‘Come hither thou (beast) so and so, the king wants to cook thee!’ Thus he appropriated all food here on earth; and verily he appropriates to himself all food for whom that knows this those (oblations) are offered.
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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