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1The Asvins and Sarasvatt then poured out foam of water (to serve) as a thunderbolt, saying, ‘It is neither dry nor moist ;’ and, when the night was clearing up, and the sun had not yet risen, Indra, thinking, ‘It is neither by day nor by night,’ therewith struck off the head of Namu4i, the Asura. 4. Wherefore it has been said by the Ashi (Rig-veda S. VIII, 14, 13), ‘With foam of water, Indra, didst thou sever the head of Namuéi, when thou wert subduing all thine enemies.’ Now, NamuéAi is evil: having thus, indeed, slain that evil, his hateful enemy, Indra wrested: from him his energy, or vital power. Let him who has an enemy perform the Sautramavi: he thereby slays that evil, his hateful enemy, and wrests from him his energy, or vital power. In his (Namuéi’s) severed head there was the Soma-juice mixed with blood. They loathed it. They perceived that (means of) drinking separately (one of) the two liquids,—* King Soma, the drink of immortality, is pressed';’— and having thereby made that (Soma) palatable, they took it in (as food). 5. With (V4g. S. XIX, 1), ‘Thee, the sweet (liquor I mix) with the sweet (Soma),’ he compounds (the ingredients for the preparation of) the Suré-liquor 2, and makes it palatable ;—‘ the strong ? Vag. S. XIX, 72 seq. On the myth cp. Muir, O.S. T., vol. v, p. 94. * The preparation of the Surd is described in Katy. XIX, 1, 20-21 and comms., and by Mahidhara on V4g. S. XIX, 1, in the following way. Having purchased (a) malted rice (sashpa), malted barley (tokma), and fried rice (lfg44), and (b) various vegetable substances (called with the generic name of nagnahu) serving as spices and ferments, such as the bark of Vatica robusta, three 224 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. with the strong, he thereby bestows energy on him (the Sacrificer);—‘the immortal with the immortal, he thereby bestows’ life on him ;— ‘the honeyed with the honeyed, he thereby bestows flavour to it (the liquor);—‘I mix with the Soma, he thereby makes it (the Sur4-liquor) a form of Soma. ; 6. ‘Thouart Soma: get thee matured for the Asvins! get thee matured for Sarasvatt! get thee matured for Indra Sutraman!’ for these were the deities who first prepared that sacrifice, and with their help he now prepares it; and, moreover, he thereby provides these deities with their share. He distils it with a view to (its being like) the Somapressing. For three nights it remains standing, for the Soma remains standing for three nights after it has been bought: he thus makes it a form of Soma.
2He distils it with a view to (its being like) the Somapressing. For three nights it remains standing, for the Soma remains standing for three nights after it has been bought: he thus makes it a form of Soma. myrobalans (nutmeg, areca-nut, and cloves), ginger, hog-weed, &c., he takes them into the fire-house, and pounds the two lots separately. He then prepares two gruels or mashes of rice and millet respectively, adding more water than is ordinarily used, puts them on the fire till they boil over, and catches the overflowing water in two separate vessels. He then adds thereto one-third part of the (still separate) pounded malted rice and barley and fried rice (or one-sixth part into each vessel), and likewise one-half of the spice (or one-fourth part into each vessel): this mixture, called m4sara (serving both as malt and as flavouring matter), is allowed to dry and is then pounded. One-half of the remaining pounded malted rice and barley and fried rice, as well as the whole of the remaining spices, is then, in equal parts, added to the two mashes, which are thereupon poured into a large vessel, after which the pounded ‘ m4sara’ is mixed with the compound whilst the above formula is pronounced ; and the pot is deposited in a hole dug in the south-western corner of the fire-shed (s4l4), where it remains standing for three days (and nights), during which the milk of one, two, and three cows respectively, and the remaining quantities of malted and fried grain are gradually added to it (see XII, 8, 2, 8-10). XII KANDA, 7 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 9. 225 7. There are two Vedis ' (altar-grounds),—‘ Two worlds in truth there are,’ they say, ‘the world of the gods, and the world of the Fathers.’ One (of the Vedis) is in the north, and the other in the south, for the world of the gods is in the north, and the world of the Fathers in the south: by the northern one he secures the world of the gods, by the southern one the world of the Fathers. 8. There are both milk and Sur4-liquor; for milk is Soma, and the Sur4-liquor food: through the milk he secures the Soma-drink, and through the Sura-liquor food. And milk is the nobility (chieftaincy), and Surd-liquor the peasantry (clan); the milk he purifies after purifying the Surd-liquor: he thus produces the nobility from out of the peasantry, . for the nobility is produced from out, of the peasantry. 9. With (V4g. S. XIX, 3), ‘ Purified by Vayu’s
3And milk is the nobility (chieftaincy), and Surd-liquor the peasantry (clan); the milk he purifies after purifying the Surd-liquor: he thus produces the nobility from out of the peasantry, . for the nobility is produced from out, of the peasantry. 9. With (V4g. S. XIX, 3), ‘ Purified by Vayu’s 1 The two Vedis are prepared, in front of the Ahavantya, by the Adhvaryu and Pratiprasthatr? respectively in a way similar to those required for the Varumapraghas4A, see part i, p. 392, note. There is some space between them, but not more than will allow a seat to stand on both Vedis (XII, 8, 3, 6). The dimensions (of the northern altar-ground) are in accordance with those of the mahévedi (measuring thirty-six prakramas or steps long, twenty-four on the hind (west) side, and thirty-six (or thirty) on the front (east) side), except that the unit of measure, in this case, is one-third prakrama,—the area being thus equal to one-ninth of the mahfvedi (some authorities, however, making it one-third). Behind the two Vedis two mounds (khara) are thrown up for the three cups of milk, or three cups of Sur4-liquor respectively, to be deposited thereon. On the northern Vedi an uttara-vedi (high-altar), occupying about one-third of its area, is prepared, on which a sacrificial fire (taken from the Ahavantya) is afterwards laid down for the use of the Adhvaryu in making libations from the cups of milk; another fire being laid down on the southern mound for the use of the Pratiprasthatr? in making libations from the cups of Sur4-liquor. [44] Q 226 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. purifier is the backward-flowing, exceeding swift Soma,’ he purifies (the liquor') in the case of one purged by Soma: in a suitable manner he thus purifies him (the Sacrificer) ;—‘ Indra’s faithful companion:’ whatever energy, or vital power, had passed away from him with that (Soma), that he now restores to him. 10, With, ‘ Purified by Vayu’s purifier is the forward-flowing, exceeding swift Soma,’ he purifies (the liquor) in the case of one who has vomited Soma: in a suitable manner he thus purifies him (the Sacrificer);—‘Indra’s faithful companion:’ whatever energy, or vital power, had passed away from him with that (Soma), that he now restores to him. 11. With (VAg. S. XIX, 4), ‘She purifieth thy liquor,’ he, for prosperity, purifies (the Sur4) in the case of one wishing for prosperity ;—‘thy Soma, she, the daughter of Sdrya:’ the daughter of Sarya (the sun) assuredly is Faith, and by faith that (liquor) becomes Soma-juice, and by faith he makes it to be Soma-juice ;—‘ with the perpetual tail,’ for with a tail-whisk that (liquor) is purified. 12, With (V4g. S. XIX, 5), ‘The Brahman
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1The Asvins and Sarasvatt then poured out foam of water (to serve) as a thunderbolt, saying, ‘It is neither dry nor moist ;’ and, when the night was clearing up, and the sun had not yet risen, Indra, thinking, ‘It is neither by day nor by night,’ therewith struck off the head of Namu4i, the Asura. 4. Wherefore it has been said by the Ashi (Rig-veda S. VIII, 14, 13), ‘With foam of water, Indra, didst thou sever the head of Namuéi, when thou wert subduing all thine enemies.’ Now, NamuéAi is evil: having thus, indeed, slain that evil, his hateful enemy, Indra wrested: from him his energy, or vital power. Let him who has an enemy perform the Sautramavi: he thereby slays that evil, his hateful enemy, and wrests from him his energy, or vital power. In his (Namuéi’s) severed head there was the Soma-juice mixed with blood. They loathed it. They perceived that (means of) drinking separately (one of) the two liquids,—* King Soma, the drink of immortality, is pressed';’— and having thereby made that (Soma) palatable, they took it in (as food). 5. With (V4g. S. XIX, 1), ‘Thee, the sweet (liquor I mix) with the sweet (Soma),’ he compounds (the ingredients for the preparation of) the Suré-liquor 2, and makes it palatable ;—‘ the strong ? Vag. S. XIX, 72 seq. On the myth cp. Muir, O.S. T., vol. v, p. 94. * The preparation of the Surd is described in Katy. XIX, 1, 20-21 and comms., and by Mahidhara on V4g. S. XIX, 1, in the following way. Having purchased (a) malted rice (sashpa), malted barley (tokma), and fried rice (lfg44), and (b) various vegetable substances (called with the generic name of nagnahu) serving as spices and ferments, such as the bark of Vatica robusta, three 224 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. with the strong, he thereby bestows energy on him (the Sacrificer);—‘the immortal with the immortal, he thereby bestows’ life on him ;— ‘the honeyed with the honeyed, he thereby bestows flavour to it (the liquor);—‘I mix with the Soma, he thereby makes it (the Sur4-liquor) a form of Soma. ; 6. ‘Thouart Soma: get thee matured for the Asvins! get thee matured for Sarasvatt! get thee matured for Indra Sutraman!’ for these were the deities who first prepared that sacrifice, and with their help he now prepares it; and, moreover, he thereby provides these deities with their share. He distils it with a view to (its being like) the Somapressing. For three nights it remains standing, for the Soma remains standing for three nights after it has been bought: he thus makes it a form of Soma.
2He distils it with a view to (its being like) the Somapressing. For three nights it remains standing, for the Soma remains standing for three nights after it has been bought: he thus makes it a form of Soma. myrobalans (nutmeg, areca-nut, and cloves), ginger, hog-weed, &c., he takes them into the fire-house, and pounds the two lots separately. He then prepares two gruels or mashes of rice and millet respectively, adding more water than is ordinarily used, puts them on the fire till they boil over, and catches the overflowing water in two separate vessels. He then adds thereto one-third part of the (still separate) pounded malted rice and barley and fried rice (or one-sixth part into each vessel), and likewise one-half of the spice (or one-fourth part into each vessel): this mixture, called m4sara (serving both as malt and as flavouring matter), is allowed to dry and is then pounded. One-half of the remaining pounded malted rice and barley and fried rice, as well as the whole of the remaining spices, is then, in equal parts, added to the two mashes, which are thereupon poured into a large vessel, after which the pounded ‘ m4sara’ is mixed with the compound whilst the above formula is pronounced ; and the pot is deposited in a hole dug in the south-western corner of the fire-shed (s4l4), where it remains standing for three days (and nights), during which the milk of one, two, and three cows respectively, and the remaining quantities of malted and fried grain are gradually added to it (see XII, 8, 2, 8-10). XII KANDA, 7 ADHYAYA, 3 BRAHMANA, 9. 225 7. There are two Vedis ' (altar-grounds),—‘ Two worlds in truth there are,’ they say, ‘the world of the gods, and the world of the Fathers.’ One (of the Vedis) is in the north, and the other in the south, for the world of the gods is in the north, and the world of the Fathers in the south: by the northern one he secures the world of the gods, by the southern one the world of the Fathers. 8. There are both milk and Sur4-liquor; for milk is Soma, and the Sur4-liquor food: through the milk he secures the Soma-drink, and through the Sura-liquor food. And milk is the nobility (chieftaincy), and Surd-liquor the peasantry (clan); the milk he purifies after purifying the Surd-liquor: he thus produces the nobility from out of the peasantry, . for the nobility is produced from out, of the peasantry. 9. With (V4g. S. XIX, 3), ‘ Purified by Vayu’s
3And milk is the nobility (chieftaincy), and Surd-liquor the peasantry (clan); the milk he purifies after purifying the Surd-liquor: he thus produces the nobility from out of the peasantry, . for the nobility is produced from out, of the peasantry. 9. With (V4g. S. XIX, 3), ‘ Purified by Vayu’s 1 The two Vedis are prepared, in front of the Ahavantya, by the Adhvaryu and Pratiprasthatr? respectively in a way similar to those required for the Varumapraghas4A, see part i, p. 392, note. There is some space between them, but not more than will allow a seat to stand on both Vedis (XII, 8, 3, 6). The dimensions (of the northern altar-ground) are in accordance with those of the mahévedi (measuring thirty-six prakramas or steps long, twenty-four on the hind (west) side, and thirty-six (or thirty) on the front (east) side), except that the unit of measure, in this case, is one-third prakrama,—the area being thus equal to one-ninth of the mahfvedi (some authorities, however, making it one-third). Behind the two Vedis two mounds (khara) are thrown up for the three cups of milk, or three cups of Sur4-liquor respectively, to be deposited thereon. On the northern Vedi an uttara-vedi (high-altar), occupying about one-third of its area, is prepared, on which a sacrificial fire (taken from the Ahavantya) is afterwards laid down for the use of the Adhvaryu in making libations from the cups of milk; another fire being laid down on the southern mound for the use of the Pratiprasthatr? in making libations from the cups of Sur4-liquor. [44] Q 226 SATAPATHA-BRAHMANA. purifier is the backward-flowing, exceeding swift Soma,’ he purifies (the liquor') in the case of one purged by Soma: in a suitable manner he thus purifies him (the Sacrificer) ;—‘ Indra’s faithful companion:’ whatever energy, or vital power, had passed away from him with that (Soma), that he now restores to him. 10, With, ‘ Purified by Vayu’s purifier is the forward-flowing, exceeding swift Soma,’ he purifies (the liquor) in the case of one who has vomited Soma: in a suitable manner he thus purifies him (the Sacrificer);—‘Indra’s faithful companion:’ whatever energy, or vital power, had passed away from him with that (Soma), that he now restores to him. 11. With (VAg. S. XIX, 4), ‘She purifieth thy liquor,’ he, for prosperity, purifies (the Sur4) in the case of one wishing for prosperity ;—‘thy Soma, she, the daughter of Sdrya:’ the daughter of Sarya (the sun) assuredly is Faith, and by faith that (liquor) becomes Soma-juice, and by faith he makes it to be Soma-juice ;—‘ with the perpetual tail,’ for with a tail-whisk that (liquor) is purified. 12, With (V4g. S. XIX, 5), ‘The Brahman
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