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13. And there are three hundred and sixty nights ’ Or, the man, identified with the Sacrificer. XII KANDA,’ 3 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 8. 169 in the year, and three hundred and sixty bones in man, and these (two) now are one and the same ;— there are three hundred and sixty days in the year, and three hundred and sixty parts of marrow in man, and these (two) now are one and the same. 4. And there are seven hundred and twenty days and nights in the year, and seven hundred and twenty bones and parts of marrow in man, and these (two) now are one and the same. 5. And there are ten thousand and eight hundred ‘muhfdrta’ in the year; and fifteen times as many ‘kshipras’ as there are ‘muhdrta’; and fifteen times © as many ‘ etarhi’ as there are ‘kshipra’; and fifteen times as many ‘iddni’ as there are ‘etarhi’; and fifteen times as many breathings as there are ‘idani’; and as many spirations as there are breathings?; and as many twinklings of the eye as there are Spirations, and as many hair-pits as there are twinklings of the eye, and as many sweat-pores as there are hair-pits; and as many sweat-pores as there are so many drops it rains. 6. Concerning this, Varkali, knowing this, once said, ‘I know the raining cloud extending over the whole earth, and the drops of that rain.’ 7. It is with reference thereto that this verse is told,— Whilst whirling round, be it standing, or sitting, or even sleeping, how often does man, otherwise than from toil, breathe and expel the air regularly ? by day and night ? 8. And in answer thereto this verse is told,— 1 Perhaps the distinction between ‘priza’ and ‘ana’ here is that of out-breathing and in-breathing. * Or, uniformly (gleichmassig). The St. Petersb. Dict. here takes ‘samena’ in the sense of ‘ exactly.’ 170 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. Inasmuch as man is what is measured a hundred hundred and eight hundred, therefore they say :—so often does man regularly’ breathe and expel the air by day and night. Tuirp Bréumana. 1. The gods were once performing the initiation ceremony for a (sacrificial session) of a thousand years. When five hundred years had passed with them, everything here was worn out—to wit, Stomas, and Pyish¢kas, and metres (texts). .2. The gods then perceived that unexhausted element of the sacrifice, and by means of that unexhausted element they obtained what success there was in the Veda; and, verily, for him who thus knows this, the Vedas are unexhausted, and the work of the officiating priests is performed with the unexhausted threefold science. 3. Now, this is that unexhausted element of the sacrifice :—o-sravaya, astu srausha¢, yaga, ye yagAamahe, and vausha¢?*. In these five utterances there are seventeen syllables :—o-sravaya consists of four syllables, astu sraushaé¢ of four syllables, yaga of two syllables, ye yagamahe of five syllables ;
2In these five utterances there are seventeen syllables :—o-sravaya consists of four syllables, astu sraushaé¢ of four syllables, yaga of two syllables, ye yagamahe of five syllables ; 4. And the Vasha¢call consists of two syllables. This is the seventeenfold Pragdpati, as established in the deity and in the body, and, verily, whosoever thus knows that seventeenfold Pragdpati, as established in the deity and in the body, establishes himself by offspring and cattle in this, and by immortality in the other, world. 1 See note 2 on p. 169. 3 For these sacrificial calls, see part i, p. 142, note 2. XII KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, II. 171 5. The gods then spake, ‘ Find ye out that sacrificial performance which shall be a substitute for one of a thousand years; for what man is equal thereto that he could get through with (a performance of) a thousand years ?’ 6. They saw the Visvagit with all the Przsh¢sas? to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the Przshthya-shadaha, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Pyzsh¢has, and those metres. 7. They saw the Prish¢kya-shadaha to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the DvAdasaha, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Przsh¢kas, and those metres *, 8. They saw the Dvddasdha to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of (a session of) a year®, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prvzsh¢has, and those metres. 9. They saw the (session of a) year to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the TApaséita‘, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prish¢has, and those metres. 10. They saw the Tapaséita to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the thousand years’ performance, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prish¢has, and those metres. 11. He passes a year with the rites of initiation, 1 For such a day’s performance with all the Pr:sh/Aa-sAmans, see part iii, introd., p. xx seq. * The Dv4das4ha, or twelve-days’ performance, includes a Prishthya-shadaha as its second to seventh days. * The one year’s session includes a Dasarftra, or ten-days’ performance, forming” the central part of the Dvadaséha; and the first and last days of the latter. being, like those of the Gavém ayanam, a prayanfya and udayantya Atiratra. * See part iv, p. 317, note 2. 172 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. a year with the Upasads, and a year with the pressings of Soma. 12, When he passes a year with the rites of initiation he thereby secures for himself the first part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the Upasads he thereby secures for himself the central part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the pressings he thereby secures for himself the last part of the performance of a thousand years.
313. Twelve months he passes with the rites of initiation, twelve with the Upasads, and twelve with the pressings,—that makes thirty-six. Now the Brzhatt (metre) consists of thirty-six syllables, and by means of the Bvzhati the gods strove to reach heaven, and by means of the Brzhatt they indeed attained heaven; and in like manner does this one, by means of the Bvzhatt, now strive to reach heaven, and by means of the Brzhati he indeed attains heaven; and whatever object of desire there is in the Brzhatt, that he thereby secures for himself. 14. But, indeed, there is that triad that is performed together,—the Agni (fire-altar), the Arkya, and the Mahad Uktham (great litany). When he passes a year with the rites of initiation, and a year with the Upasads, thereby the Agni and the Arka are secured by him; and when he passes a year with the pressings, thereby the Mahad Uktham is secured by him: this, then, to wit, the T4paséita, is the substitute for the performance of a thousand years, and this, to wit, the TApasita, conduces to the procreation of creatures. FourtH BrAHMANA. 1. Pragdpati once upon a time spake unto Purusha X11 KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 8, 173 Narayana, ‘Offer sacrifice! offer sacrifice!’ He spake, ‘Verily, thou sayest to me, “ Offer sacrifice ! offer sacrifice!” and thrice have I offered sacrifice : by the morning-service the Vasus went forth, by the midday-service the Rudras, and by the eveningservice the Adityas; now I have but the offeringplace!, and on the offering-place I am sitting.’ 2. He spake, ‘ Offer yet sacrifice! I will tell thee such a thing that thy hymns shall be strung as a pearl on a thread, or a thread through a pearl.’ 3. And he spake thus unto him, ‘At the (chanting of the) Bahishpavamdna, at the morning-service, thou shalt hold on to the Udgatrz from behind, saying, “ Thou art a falcon formed of the Gayatrt metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 4. ‘And at the midday Pavamana thou shalt hold on to the Udgatsz from behind, saying, “ Thou art an eagle formed of the Trish¢ubh metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 5. ‘And at the Arbhava-pavamana, at the eveningservice, thou shalt hold on to the Udgats? from behind, saying, “ Thou art a Azbhu formed of the Gagat metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 6. ‘And at the close of each pressing thou shalt mutter, “In me be light, in me might, in me glory, in me everything!””’ 7. Now light, indeed, is this (terrestrial) world. might the air-world, glory the heavens, and what other worlds there are, they are everything (else). 8. And light, indeed, is Agni, might Vayu (the 1 ? That is to say, those deities have taken possession of everything else. Cf. J. Muir, Orig. Sansk. Texts, vol. v, p. 377. 174 SATAPATHA-BRALIMANA. wind), glory Aditya (the sun), and what other gods there are they are everything.
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.
13. And there are three hundred and sixty nights ’ Or, the man, identified with the Sacrificer. XII KANDA,’ 3 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMANA, 8. 169 in the year, and three hundred and sixty bones in man, and these (two) now are one and the same ;— there are three hundred and sixty days in the year, and three hundred and sixty parts of marrow in man, and these (two) now are one and the same. 4. And there are seven hundred and twenty days and nights in the year, and seven hundred and twenty bones and parts of marrow in man, and these (two) now are one and the same. 5. And there are ten thousand and eight hundred ‘muhfdrta’ in the year; and fifteen times as many ‘kshipras’ as there are ‘muhdrta’; and fifteen times © as many ‘ etarhi’ as there are ‘kshipra’; and fifteen times as many ‘iddni’ as there are ‘etarhi’; and fifteen times as many breathings as there are ‘idani’; and as many spirations as there are breathings?; and as many twinklings of the eye as there are Spirations, and as many hair-pits as there are twinklings of the eye, and as many sweat-pores as there are hair-pits; and as many sweat-pores as there are so many drops it rains. 6. Concerning this, Varkali, knowing this, once said, ‘I know the raining cloud extending over the whole earth, and the drops of that rain.’ 7. It is with reference thereto that this verse is told,— Whilst whirling round, be it standing, or sitting, or even sleeping, how often does man, otherwise than from toil, breathe and expel the air regularly ? by day and night ? 8. And in answer thereto this verse is told,— 1 Perhaps the distinction between ‘priza’ and ‘ana’ here is that of out-breathing and in-breathing. * Or, uniformly (gleichmassig). The St. Petersb. Dict. here takes ‘samena’ in the sense of ‘ exactly.’ 170 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. Inasmuch as man is what is measured a hundred hundred and eight hundred, therefore they say :—so often does man regularly’ breathe and expel the air by day and night. Tuirp Bréumana. 1. The gods were once performing the initiation ceremony for a (sacrificial session) of a thousand years. When five hundred years had passed with them, everything here was worn out—to wit, Stomas, and Pyish¢kas, and metres (texts). .2. The gods then perceived that unexhausted element of the sacrifice, and by means of that unexhausted element they obtained what success there was in the Veda; and, verily, for him who thus knows this, the Vedas are unexhausted, and the work of the officiating priests is performed with the unexhausted threefold science. 3. Now, this is that unexhausted element of the sacrifice :—o-sravaya, astu srausha¢, yaga, ye yagAamahe, and vausha¢?*. In these five utterances there are seventeen syllables :—o-sravaya consists of four syllables, astu sraushaé¢ of four syllables, yaga of two syllables, ye yagamahe of five syllables ;
2In these five utterances there are seventeen syllables :—o-sravaya consists of four syllables, astu sraushaé¢ of four syllables, yaga of two syllables, ye yagamahe of five syllables ; 4. And the Vasha¢call consists of two syllables. This is the seventeenfold Pragdpati, as established in the deity and in the body, and, verily, whosoever thus knows that seventeenfold Pragdpati, as established in the deity and in the body, establishes himself by offspring and cattle in this, and by immortality in the other, world. 1 See note 2 on p. 169. 3 For these sacrificial calls, see part i, p. 142, note 2. XII KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, II. 171 5. The gods then spake, ‘ Find ye out that sacrificial performance which shall be a substitute for one of a thousand years; for what man is equal thereto that he could get through with (a performance of) a thousand years ?’ 6. They saw the Visvagit with all the Przsh¢sas? to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the Przshthya-shadaha, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Pyzsh¢has, and those metres. 7. They saw the Prish¢kya-shadaha to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the DvAdasaha, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Przsh¢kas, and those metres *, 8. They saw the Dvddasdha to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of (a session of) a year®, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prvzsh¢has, and those metres. 9. They saw the (session of a) year to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the TApaséita‘, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prish¢has, and those metres. 10. They saw the Tapaséita to be an accelerated Soma-feast in lieu of the thousand years’ performance, for there are those (same) Stomas, those Prish¢has, and those metres. 11. He passes a year with the rites of initiation, 1 For such a day’s performance with all the Pr:sh/Aa-sAmans, see part iii, introd., p. xx seq. * The Dv4das4ha, or twelve-days’ performance, includes a Prishthya-shadaha as its second to seventh days. * The one year’s session includes a Dasarftra, or ten-days’ performance, forming” the central part of the Dvadaséha; and the first and last days of the latter. being, like those of the Gavém ayanam, a prayanfya and udayantya Atiratra. * See part iv, p. 317, note 2. 172 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. a year with the Upasads, and a year with the pressings of Soma. 12, When he passes a year with the rites of initiation he thereby secures for himself the first part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the Upasads he thereby secures for himself the central part of the performance of a thousand years; and when he passes a year with the pressings he thereby secures for himself the last part of the performance of a thousand years.
313. Twelve months he passes with the rites of initiation, twelve with the Upasads, and twelve with the pressings,—that makes thirty-six. Now the Brzhatt (metre) consists of thirty-six syllables, and by means of the Bvzhati the gods strove to reach heaven, and by means of the Brzhatt they indeed attained heaven; and in like manner does this one, by means of the Bvzhatt, now strive to reach heaven, and by means of the Brzhati he indeed attains heaven; and whatever object of desire there is in the Brzhatt, that he thereby secures for himself. 14. But, indeed, there is that triad that is performed together,—the Agni (fire-altar), the Arkya, and the Mahad Uktham (great litany). When he passes a year with the rites of initiation, and a year with the Upasads, thereby the Agni and the Arka are secured by him; and when he passes a year with the pressings, thereby the Mahad Uktham is secured by him: this, then, to wit, the T4paséita, is the substitute for the performance of a thousand years, and this, to wit, the TApasita, conduces to the procreation of creatures. FourtH BrAHMANA. 1. Pragdpati once upon a time spake unto Purusha X11 KANDA, 3 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 8, 173 Narayana, ‘Offer sacrifice! offer sacrifice!’ He spake, ‘Verily, thou sayest to me, “ Offer sacrifice ! offer sacrifice!” and thrice have I offered sacrifice : by the morning-service the Vasus went forth, by the midday-service the Rudras, and by the eveningservice the Adityas; now I have but the offeringplace!, and on the offering-place I am sitting.’ 2. He spake, ‘ Offer yet sacrifice! I will tell thee such a thing that thy hymns shall be strung as a pearl on a thread, or a thread through a pearl.’ 3. And he spake thus unto him, ‘At the (chanting of the) Bahishpavamdna, at the morning-service, thou shalt hold on to the Udgatrz from behind, saying, “ Thou art a falcon formed of the Gayatrt metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 4. ‘And at the midday Pavamana thou shalt hold on to the Udgatsz from behind, saying, “ Thou art an eagle formed of the Trish¢ubh metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 5. ‘And at the Arbhava-pavamana, at the eveningservice, thou shalt hold on to the Udgats? from behind, saying, “ Thou art a Azbhu formed of the Gagat metre,—I hold on to thee: bear me unto well-being!” 6. ‘And at the close of each pressing thou shalt mutter, “In me be light, in me might, in me glory, in me everything!””’ 7. Now light, indeed, is this (terrestrial) world. might the air-world, glory the heavens, and what other worlds there are, they are everything (else). 8. And light, indeed, is Agni, might Vayu (the 1 ? That is to say, those deities have taken possession of everything else. Cf. J. Muir, Orig. Sansk. Texts, vol. v, p. 377. 174 SATAPATHA-BRALIMANA. wind), glory Aditya (the sun), and what other gods there are they are everything.
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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