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15 See notes on XIII, 4, 1, 13. 192 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. fice, he shall be the priest, he shall order the sacrifices and their seasons;’ for Agni is the path-maker, the guide of paths: he, verily, guides him upon the path of sacrifice. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 2. They also say, ‘If any one’s fires were to come in contact with each other, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ If this burning (fire) were to come (to the other) from behind, he may know that light has come to him from beyond ; that the gods have helped him, and that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Viviéi (the discerning). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses ; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vritra; the samyAgyds are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows: —(the anuvaky4, Azg-veda VI, 6, 3), ‘Thy brilliant, wind-sped flames, bright Agni, spread in every direction: the divine ninefold destroyers overpower the woods, boldly crushing them;’ and the yagy4 (Azg-veda V, 8, 3), ‘The tribes of men glorify thee, Agni, the discerning knower of offerings, and most liberal dispenser of treasures; thee, O wealthy one, dwelling in secret, yet visible to all, loudsounding offerer of sacrifice, glorying in ghee!’ And if any one should desire to rid himself of his spiteful enemy, let him, with that object in view, perform this offering, and he verily will rid himself of him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 4. 193 3. If, however, this burning (fire) were to come from this side, he may know that he will overcome his spiteful enemy; that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Samvarga (the despoiler). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vyvztra, the samyagy4s are two Virdg verses ; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows :—(Azg-veda VIII, 75, 15; Vag. S. XI, 71), ‘From the far region cross thou over to the near: protect thou that wherein I am!’ and the ydgy4 (Azgveda VIII, 75, 12), ‘Desert us not in this great strife, like as the bearer of a load: win thou the spoil (sam vargam gaya), win riches thou!’ And if any one desire to despoil his spiteful enemy, let him, with that object in view, perform this offering, and he verily will despoil him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
2This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 4. They also say, ‘If the lightning were to burn any one’s (sacrificial fire), what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Let him know that light has come to him from above; that the gods have helped him, and that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Apsumat (abiding in the waters). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :— he should recite those same seventeen kindlingverses ; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vrztra; the samy4gy4s are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows: [44] ie) 194 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. —(Rig-veda VIII, 43,9; Vag. S. XII, 36), ‘In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat; as such thou clingest to plants: being in (their) womb, thou art born again;’ and the yaya (Vag. S. XII, 37), ‘Thou art the child of the herbs, the child of the trees, the child of all that is, O Agni, thou art the child of the waters ;’—he thereby bespeaks peace on the part of those two (fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer’s family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 5. They also say, ‘If any one’s fires were to come in contact with impure (profane) fires, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni SuA4i (the bright),—the course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vrvztra; the samy4gy4s are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows :—(Azg-veda VIII, 44, 21), ‘Agni of brightest work, the bright priest, the bright sage, brightly he shineth with offering fed;’ and the yagy4 (Azg-veda VIII, 44, 17), ‘Up rise thy flames, the bright, the pure, the shining, thy lights, O Agni;’—he thereby bespeaks peace to those two (kinds of fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer's family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 6. They also say, ‘If the sun were to set on any one’s Ahavantya not yet having been taken out, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Verily, those rays (of the sun) are the Allgods: they go from him, and that (Agnihotra) fails XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 7. 195
36. They also say, ‘If the sun were to set on any one’s Ahavantya not yet having been taken out, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Verily, those rays (of the sun) are the Allgods: they go from him, and that (Agnihotra) fails XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 7. 195 him, because the gods go from him; and after that failure—whether he know it or know it not—those two (fires) say, ‘He (the sun) has set on his unlifted (fire). In such a case let him proceed thus :— having fastened a piece of yellow gold to a plant of darbha grass, let him order it to be taken towards the back (west): thus it is made of the form of him who shines yonder; and that (sun) being the day, it is made of the form of the day. And darbha plants are a means of purification’: he thus purifies it thereby. Having then kindled some firewood, let him order it to be taken forward (to the Ahavantya hearth). A Brdhmaza descended from a Ashi should take it out, for a Brahmaza descended from a Rishi represents all the deities: it is thus with the help of all the deities that he causes it (the fire) to succeed. Having laid it down, he returns, and having placed ghee on the Garhapatya, taken it off, purified it and looked down on it*, he takes ghee by four ladlings, and, having seized a log, he hastens up to the front; and, having put the log on the Ahavantya, he bends his right knee, and offers with, ‘To the All-gods,; hail!’ Even as one would call (back) to him a Brahmama staying at one’s dwelling, when he goes away offended, by (presenting him with) a cow longing for the bull, so he thereby calls to him the All-gods; and they indeed acknowledge, and 1 Viz. inasmuch as they are used as strainers; see I, 1, 3, 5; cf. also part i, p. 84, note 2. 2 Whilst, on ordinary o¢casions, in clarifying butter for offering, the priest would first make the lady of the house look down on the ghee taken from the fire, before he himself (or the Sacrificer) does so (I, 3, 1, 19; 26); on the present occasion—as at offerings to the Fathers (Katy. II, 7, 4 comm.)—the priest alone does so. 02 196 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. turn to, him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
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15 See notes on XIII, 4, 1, 13. 192 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. fice, he shall be the priest, he shall order the sacrifices and their seasons;’ for Agni is the path-maker, the guide of paths: he, verily, guides him upon the path of sacrifice. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 2. They also say, ‘If any one’s fires were to come in contact with each other, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ If this burning (fire) were to come (to the other) from behind, he may know that light has come to him from beyond ; that the gods have helped him, and that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Viviéi (the discerning). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses ; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vritra; the samyAgyds are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows: —(the anuvaky4, Azg-veda VI, 6, 3), ‘Thy brilliant, wind-sped flames, bright Agni, spread in every direction: the divine ninefold destroyers overpower the woods, boldly crushing them;’ and the yagy4 (Azg-veda V, 8, 3), ‘The tribes of men glorify thee, Agni, the discerning knower of offerings, and most liberal dispenser of treasures; thee, O wealthy one, dwelling in secret, yet visible to all, loudsounding offerer of sacrifice, glorying in ghee!’ And if any one should desire to rid himself of his spiteful enemy, let him, with that object in view, perform this offering, and he verily will rid himself of him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 4. 193 3. If, however, this burning (fire) were to come from this side, he may know that he will overcome his spiteful enemy; that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Samvarga (the despoiler). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vyvztra, the samyagy4s are two Virdg verses ; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows :—(Azg-veda VIII, 75, 15; Vag. S. XI, 71), ‘From the far region cross thou over to the near: protect thou that wherein I am!’ and the ydgy4 (Azgveda VIII, 75, 12), ‘Desert us not in this great strife, like as the bearer of a load: win thou the spoil (sam vargam gaya), win riches thou!’ And if any one desire to despoil his spiteful enemy, let him, with that object in view, perform this offering, and he verily will despoil him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
2This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 4. They also say, ‘If the lightning were to burn any one’s (sacrificial fire), what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Let him know that light has come to him from above; that the gods have helped him, and that he will become more glorious. But if his heart should at all misgive him, let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni Apsumat (abiding in the waters). The course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :— he should recite those same seventeen kindlingverses ; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vrztra; the samy4gy4s are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows: [44] ie) 194 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. —(Rig-veda VIII, 43,9; Vag. S. XII, 36), ‘In the waters, O Agni, is thy seat; as such thou clingest to plants: being in (their) womb, thou art born again;’ and the yaya (Vag. S. XII, 37), ‘Thou art the child of the herbs, the child of the trees, the child of all that is, O Agni, thou art the child of the waters ;’—he thereby bespeaks peace on the part of those two (fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer’s family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 5. They also say, ‘If any one’s fires were to come in contact with impure (profane) fires, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Let him prepare a cake on eight potsherds for Agni SuA4i (the bright),—the course of procedure thereof (is as follows) :—he should recite those same seventeen kindling-verses; the two butter-portions relate to the slaying of Vrvztra; the samy4gy4s are two Virag verses; and the invitatory and offering formulas are as follows :—(Azg-veda VIII, 44, 21), ‘Agni of brightest work, the bright priest, the bright sage, brightly he shineth with offering fed;’ and the yagy4 (Azg-veda VIII, 44, 17), ‘Up rise thy flames, the bright, the pure, the shining, thy lights, O Agni;’—he thereby bespeaks peace to those two (kinds of fires) for the safety of the Sacrificer's family and cattle. This, then, is the rite performed in that case. 6. They also say, ‘If the sun were to set on any one’s Ahavantya not yet having been taken out, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Verily, those rays (of the sun) are the Allgods: they go from him, and that (Agnihotra) fails XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 7. 195
36. They also say, ‘If the sun were to set on any one’s Ahavantya not yet having been taken out, what rite and what expiation would there be in that case?’ Verily, those rays (of the sun) are the Allgods: they go from him, and that (Agnihotra) fails XII KANDA, 4 ADHYAYA, 4 BRAHMANA, 7. 195 him, because the gods go from him; and after that failure—whether he know it or know it not—those two (fires) say, ‘He (the sun) has set on his unlifted (fire). In such a case let him proceed thus :— having fastened a piece of yellow gold to a plant of darbha grass, let him order it to be taken towards the back (west): thus it is made of the form of him who shines yonder; and that (sun) being the day, it is made of the form of the day. And darbha plants are a means of purification’: he thus purifies it thereby. Having then kindled some firewood, let him order it to be taken forward (to the Ahavantya hearth). A Brdhmaza descended from a Ashi should take it out, for a Brahmaza descended from a Rishi represents all the deities: it is thus with the help of all the deities that he causes it (the fire) to succeed. Having laid it down, he returns, and having placed ghee on the Garhapatya, taken it off, purified it and looked down on it*, he takes ghee by four ladlings, and, having seized a log, he hastens up to the front; and, having put the log on the Ahavantya, he bends his right knee, and offers with, ‘To the All-gods,; hail!’ Even as one would call (back) to him a Brahmama staying at one’s dwelling, when he goes away offended, by (presenting him with) a cow longing for the bull, so he thereby calls to him the All-gods; and they indeed acknowledge, and 1 Viz. inasmuch as they are used as strainers; see I, 1, 3, 5; cf. also part i, p. 84, note 2. 2 Whilst, on ordinary o¢casions, in clarifying butter for offering, the priest would first make the lady of the house look down on the ghee taken from the fire, before he himself (or the Sacrificer) does so (I, 3, 1, 19; 26); on the present occasion—as at offerings to the Fathers (Katy. II, 7, 4 comm.)—the priest alone does so. 02 196 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. turn to, him. This, then, is the rite performed in that case.
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