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1They are here alluded to for the reason that they are essential parts of every day’s performance during the year’s session. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 2. 139 sads, from out of Agni and Soma the day of fasting, and from out of this world the opening Atiratra?. 2. From out of the year (they fashioned) the Katurvimsa day, from out of the priesthood the Abhiplava (shadaha), from out of the nobility the Przsh¢kya (shadaha)*, from out of Agni the Abhigit, from out of the waters the Svaras4man days, from out of the sun the Vishuvat,—the Svarasdman days have been told ;—from out of Indra the Visvagit,—the Przshthya and Abhiplava have been told ;—from out of Mitra and Varuza the Go and * The Prayaniya Atiratra is the first day of the sacrificial session called Gavam ayanam, the performance of which lasts a year, and includes the following sacrificial periods and days (cf. part ii,p. 427): — Prayaniya AtirAtra, or opening day. Xaturvimsa day, an Ukthya, all the stotras of which are in the Aaturvimsa-stoma. 5 months, each consisting of 4 Abhiplava shadahas, and 1 Prishthya shadaha (= 30 days). 3 Abhiplavas and 1 Prish/hya. , 28 days which, with the Abhigit day (performed with all two opening days, the stomas). complete the sixth 3 Svarasiman days. month. VisnuvaT, or Divakirtya day (Ekavimsa-stoma). 3 Svarasiman days. 28 days which, with the Visvagit day (performed with all two concluding days, the prish/has). complete the seventh 1 Prish¢hya and 3 Abhiplavas. month. 4 months, each consisting of 1 Prish‘kya shadaha and four Abhiplava shadahas. 3 Abhiplava shadahas (18 days). 1 Gosh/oma (Agnish/oma). 1 Ayashioma (Ukthya). sears month). 1 Dasar&tra (10 days). Mahf4vrata day (Agnish/oma). Udayantya Atiratra, or concluding day. * For the difference between these two sacrificial periods of six days, see part iii, introd., p. xxi, note 2. 140 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, Ayus 1 from out of the Visve Deva& the Dasaratra*, from out of the regions the Przsh¢hyashadaha of the Dasar&tra, from out of these worlds the Aandoma days. 3. From out of the year (they fashioned) the tenth day, from out of Pragdpati the Mah4vrata, and from out of the world of heaven the Udayantya Atiratra:—such was the birth of the Year; and, verily, whosoever thus knows that birth of the Year becomes more (and more) glorious to (the end of) it, he becomes possessed of a (new) body, he becomes the Year, and, as the Year?, he goes to the gods. TuirD BrAHMANA. 1. Now, when they are initiated they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Agni and Vishzu: they become the deities Agni and Vishzu, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni and Vishzu. 2. And when they perform the opening sacrifice they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditi: they become the deity Aditi, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditi.
22. And when they perform the opening sacrifice they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditi: they become the deity Aditi, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditi. 3. And when they proceed with the buying (of Soma-plants) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Soma: they become the deity Soma, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Soma. 1 For the differences between the three modes of chanting the Stotras of the Agnishfoma and Ukthya Soma-sacrifices—viz. Gyotish/oma, Gosh/oma, Ayush/oma—see part iv, p. 287, note 2. 2 The Dasarftra, or central ten days of the Dvadasaha (twelve days’ period), consists of a Prishéhya shadaha, three Xhandoma days (of the Ukthya order), and a final (tenth) Atyagnishfoma day called Avivakya. * For the Sacrificer as father Time, see part iv, introd., p. xxii. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 9. 141 4. And when they perform the guest-offering they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Vishzu: - they become the deity Vishzu, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Vishzu. 5. And when they perform the Pravargya-offering! they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditya: they become the deity Aditya, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditya (the sun). 6. And when they enter upon the Upasads they indeed offer sacrifice to those very deities? who (receive oblations) at the Upasads: they become those deities, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with those deities. 7. And when they perform the animal sacrifice to Agni and Soma® they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Agni and Soma: they become the deities Agni and Soma, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni and Soma. 8. And when they perform the opening Atiratra (of the sacrificial session) they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Day and Night‘: they become those deities, the Day and Night, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Day and Night. 9. And when they enter upon the Aaturvimsa day they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Year®: they become that deity, the Year, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Year. * See XIV, 1-3; and part ii, p. 104, note 3. * Viz. Agni, Soma, and Vishnu; cf. part ii, p. 105, note 1. ? See part ii, p. 162 seqq. * Viz. inasmuch as the Atiratra includes both a day and a night performance. * Viz. both because this is the real opening day of the year’s session, and because Pragdpati (as the Purusha and the Year) is ‘katurvimsa’ or ‘twenty-four-fold’ (e.g. VI, 2, 1, 23)- 142 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 10. And when they enter upon the Abhiplavashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Half-months and Months: they become those deities, the Half-months and Months, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Half-months and Months.
3VI, 2, 1, 23)- 142 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 10. And when they enter upon the Abhiplavashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Half-months and Months: they become those deities, the Half-months and Months, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Half-months and Months. 11. And when they enter upon the Przshthyashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Seasons: they become those deities, the Seasons, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Seasons. 12. And when they enter upon the Abhigit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Agni: they become the deity Agni, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni. 13. And when they enter upon the Svarasdman (days) they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Waters: they become that deity, the Waters, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Waters. 14. And when they enter upon the Vishuvat (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditya: they become the deity Aditya, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditya. The Svarasamans have been told. 15. And when they enter upon the Visvagit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Indra: they become the deity Indra, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Indra. The Prish¢Zya and Abhiplava (shadahas) have been told. 16. And when they enter upon (the performance of) the Go and Ayus (stoma)? they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Mitra and Varusa: they 1 See p. 140, note 1. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 22. 143 become the deities Mitra and Varumza, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Mitra and Varuza. 17. And when they enter upon the DasarAtra they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity the Visve Devas: they become that deity, the Visve Devah, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Visve Devaa. 18. And when they enter upon the Przsh¢hyashadaha of the Dasardtra they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Regions: they become those deities, the Regions, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Regions. 19. And when they enter upon the A/andomas they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, these Worlds: they become those deities, these Worlds, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with these Worlds. 20. And when they enter upon the tenth day (of the Dasaratra) they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Year: they become that deity, the Year, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Year. 21. And when they enter upon the Mahdavrata they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Pragdpati: they become the deity Prag4pati, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Prag&pati.
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.
1They are here alluded to for the reason that they are essential parts of every day’s performance during the year’s session. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 2. 139 sads, from out of Agni and Soma the day of fasting, and from out of this world the opening Atiratra?. 2. From out of the year (they fashioned) the Katurvimsa day, from out of the priesthood the Abhiplava (shadaha), from out of the nobility the Przsh¢kya (shadaha)*, from out of Agni the Abhigit, from out of the waters the Svaras4man days, from out of the sun the Vishuvat,—the Svarasdman days have been told ;—from out of Indra the Visvagit,—the Przshthya and Abhiplava have been told ;—from out of Mitra and Varuza the Go and * The Prayaniya Atiratra is the first day of the sacrificial session called Gavam ayanam, the performance of which lasts a year, and includes the following sacrificial periods and days (cf. part ii,p. 427): — Prayaniya AtirAtra, or opening day. Xaturvimsa day, an Ukthya, all the stotras of which are in the Aaturvimsa-stoma. 5 months, each consisting of 4 Abhiplava shadahas, and 1 Prishthya shadaha (= 30 days). 3 Abhiplavas and 1 Prish/hya. , 28 days which, with the Abhigit day (performed with all two opening days, the stomas). complete the sixth 3 Svarasiman days. month. VisnuvaT, or Divakirtya day (Ekavimsa-stoma). 3 Svarasiman days. 28 days which, with the Visvagit day (performed with all two concluding days, the prish/has). complete the seventh 1 Prish¢hya and 3 Abhiplavas. month. 4 months, each consisting of 1 Prish‘kya shadaha and four Abhiplava shadahas. 3 Abhiplava shadahas (18 days). 1 Gosh/oma (Agnish/oma). 1 Ayashioma (Ukthya). sears month). 1 Dasar&tra (10 days). Mahf4vrata day (Agnish/oma). Udayantya Atiratra, or concluding day. * For the difference between these two sacrificial periods of six days, see part iii, introd., p. xxi, note 2. 140 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA, Ayus 1 from out of the Visve Deva& the Dasaratra*, from out of the regions the Przsh¢hyashadaha of the Dasar&tra, from out of these worlds the Aandoma days. 3. From out of the year (they fashioned) the tenth day, from out of Pragdpati the Mah4vrata, and from out of the world of heaven the Udayantya Atiratra:—such was the birth of the Year; and, verily, whosoever thus knows that birth of the Year becomes more (and more) glorious to (the end of) it, he becomes possessed of a (new) body, he becomes the Year, and, as the Year?, he goes to the gods. TuirD BrAHMANA. 1. Now, when they are initiated they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Agni and Vishzu: they become the deities Agni and Vishzu, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni and Vishzu. 2. And when they perform the opening sacrifice they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditi: they become the deity Aditi, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditi.
22. And when they perform the opening sacrifice they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditi: they become the deity Aditi, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditi. 3. And when they proceed with the buying (of Soma-plants) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Soma: they become the deity Soma, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Soma. 1 For the differences between the three modes of chanting the Stotras of the Agnishfoma and Ukthya Soma-sacrifices—viz. Gyotish/oma, Gosh/oma, Ayush/oma—see part iv, p. 287, note 2. 2 The Dasarftra, or central ten days of the Dvadasaha (twelve days’ period), consists of a Prishéhya shadaha, three Xhandoma days (of the Ukthya order), and a final (tenth) Atyagnishfoma day called Avivakya. * For the Sacrificer as father Time, see part iv, introd., p. xxii. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 9. 141 4. And when they perform the guest-offering they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Vishzu: - they become the deity Vishzu, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Vishzu. 5. And when they perform the Pravargya-offering! they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditya: they become the deity Aditya, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditya (the sun). 6. And when they enter upon the Upasads they indeed offer sacrifice to those very deities? who (receive oblations) at the Upasads: they become those deities, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with those deities. 7. And when they perform the animal sacrifice to Agni and Soma® they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Agni and Soma: they become the deities Agni and Soma, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni and Soma. 8. And when they perform the opening Atiratra (of the sacrificial session) they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Day and Night‘: they become those deities, the Day and Night, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Day and Night. 9. And when they enter upon the Aaturvimsa day they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Year®: they become that deity, the Year, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Year. * See XIV, 1-3; and part ii, p. 104, note 3. * Viz. Agni, Soma, and Vishnu; cf. part ii, p. 105, note 1. ? See part ii, p. 162 seqq. * Viz. inasmuch as the Atiratra includes both a day and a night performance. * Viz. both because this is the real opening day of the year’s session, and because Pragdpati (as the Purusha and the Year) is ‘katurvimsa’ or ‘twenty-four-fold’ (e.g. VI, 2, 1, 23)- 142 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 10. And when they enter upon the Abhiplavashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Half-months and Months: they become those deities, the Half-months and Months, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Half-months and Months.
3VI, 2, 1, 23)- 142 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. 10. And when they enter upon the Abhiplavashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Half-months and Months: they become those deities, the Half-months and Months, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Half-months and Months. 11. And when they enter upon the Przshthyashadaha they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Seasons: they become those deities, the Seasons, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Seasons. 12. And when they enter upon the Abhigit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Agni: they become the deity Agni, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Agni. 13. And when they enter upon the Svarasdman (days) they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Waters: they become that deity, the Waters, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Waters. 14. And when they enter upon the Vishuvat (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Aditya: they become the deity Aditya, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Aditya. The Svarasamans have been told. 15. And when they enter upon the Visvagit (day) they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Indra: they become the deity Indra, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Indra. The Prish¢Zya and Abhiplava (shadahas) have been told. 16. And when they enter upon (the performance of) the Go and Ayus (stoma)? they indeed offer sacrifice to the deities Mitra and Varusa: they 1 See p. 140, note 1. XII KANDA, I ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 22. 143 become the deities Mitra and Varumza, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Mitra and Varuza. 17. And when they enter upon the DasarAtra they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity the Visve Devas: they become that deity, the Visve Devah, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Visve Devaa. 18. And when they enter upon the Przsh¢hyashadaha of the Dasardtra they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, the Regions: they become those deities, the Regions, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Regions. 19. And when they enter upon the A/andomas they indeed offer sacrifice to those deities, these Worlds: they become those deities, these Worlds, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with these Worlds. 20. And when they enter upon the tenth day (of the Dasaratra) they indeed offer sacrifice to that deity, the Year: they become that deity, the Year, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with the Year. 21. And when they enter upon the Mahdavrata they indeed offer sacrifice to the deity Pragdpati: they become the deity Prag4pati, and attain to fellowship and co-existence with Prag&pati.
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