VII KAATDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMAiVA, 4 1. 413
a verse to Agni (he worships) : it is to Agni he
thereby makes amends ; — with an undefined one ;
the undefined means everything : by means of every-
thing he thus makes amends to him ; — with (a verse)
containing the word ' youngest : ' this indeed, to wit,
the youngest, is his favourite form ; — inasmuch as
when born he took possession (yu) of everything
here, he is the youngest (yavish/^a).
39. [V^. S. XIII, 52 ; Rt\ S. VIII, 84, 3] < Shield
thou, O youngest, the men of the liberal wor-
shipper!' the liberal worshipper is the Sacrificer,
and the men are the people; — 'hear thou the
songs!' that is, hear this hymn of praise! — 'pro-
tect thou kin and self!' the kin (race) means off-
spring : thus, ' protect both (the Sacrificer s) offspring
and himself/
40. Having stepped on the altar and walked round
behind the naturally-perforated (brick), he lays down
the Apasyi^ (water-bricks) ; — now the Apasya^ are
the same as water, and the water has gone out of
these victims : he thus puts water into these victims,
when he lays down the Apasya/£ (bricks). He lays
them down close to the (heads of the) animals : he
thereby puts the water together with the animals.
He lays down five (bricks) in each quarter, for five
are those victims. He lays them down in every
(quarter) : everywhere he thus puts water into them.
41. Now the first fifteen are the Apasya^, — water
is a thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt is fifteenfold ;
— hence wherever the waters flow, there they de-
stroy evil ; and verily the thunderbolt destroys the
evil of this place : hence, when it rains one should
go about uncovered, thinking, ' May that thunder-
bolt remove evil from me ! '
414 DATAPATH A-BRAHMA2VA.
42. And the last five are the Tif^andasya^ (the
metres' bricks) ; — the metres are cattle, and cattle is
food ; or rather the flesh of cattle is food, and the
flesh has departed from these victims : he there-
fore puts flesh on those cattle when he lays down
the A^andasyciA He places them close to the vic-
tims : he thereby puts the flesh close to the (bones
of the) cattle. The Apasya^ are inside, the Khan-
dasya/£ outside ; for the water is inside, and the
flesh outside.
43. As to this they say, ' If there are that water
and that flesh, where then is the skin, and where the
hair ? ' Well, the skin of cattle is food, and the hair
of cattle is food ; and when he lays down the A^an-
dasyS^, that is the skin of the victims, that is their
hair. Or, again, those goats' hair which are in the
fire-pan 1y they are hair. The fire-pan is outside,
and the victims' heads are inside, for outside is the
hair, and inside is the body. ' Whether in the one
way, or whether in the other,' so Sa ndilya was wont
to say, ' in any case we make up the victims wholly
and completely.'
44. And, again, why he lays down the Apasya^.
When Pra^cipati was disjointed the water went from
him ; that being gone, he sank down ; and because
he sank down (vis), therefore there are twenty (vim-
sati, viz. such bricks). It flowed from his fingers, —
the fingers being the end, it (the water) went from
him in the end.
45. Now the Pra^apati who became disjointed is
this very Agni who is now being built up ; and the
water (apa^) which went from him is these very
1 See VI, 4, 4, 22; 5, 1, 4.
VII KANDA, 5 ADHYAYA, 2 BRAHMAiVA, 52. 415
Apasya^ ; — hence when he lays them down, he
thereby puts back into him that very water which
went from him : therefore he now lays these down.
46. [Va^. S. XIII, 43] 'In the way of the waters
I settle thee ! ' the way of the waters is the wind ;
for when he blows hither and thither then the
waters flow : in the wind he ' settles ' this (first
brick).
47. ' In the swell of the waters I settle theeF
the swell of the waters is the plants, for wherever the
waters keep swelling there plants grow : in the
plants he settles this (brick).
48. ' In the ashes of the waters I settle thee F
the ashes of the waters are the foam : in foam he
settles this one.
49. ' In the light of the waters I settle thee F
the light of the waters is the lightning : in the light-
ning he settles this one.
50. ' In the path of the waters I settle thee F
the path of the waters is this earth, for on the earth
the waters flow : on this earth he settles this one.
Whatever water flowed from those (five) forms of
his, that water he now (by these five formulas) puts
back into him ; and those forms themselves he
thereby restores to him.
51. 'In the flood, the seat, I settle thee!*
the flood is the breath : in the breath he settles
this one.
52. 'In the ocean, the seat, I settle thee!'
the sea is the mind ; from the mind-ocean, with
speech for a shovel, the gods dug out the triple
science. Thereto this verse applies, — ' May the
true god know this day where the gods placed that
offering, they who dug it out from the ocean with
4 1 6 SATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
sharp shovels ; ' — the ocean is the mind, the sharp
shovel is speech, the offering is the triple science :
it is thereto this verse applies. In the mind he
settles this (brick).
53. 'In the stream, the seat, I settle thee!' the stream is speech : in speech he settles this one.
54. 'In the abode of the waters I settle thee !'
the abode of the waters is the eye, for there water
always abides : in the eye he settles this one.
55. ' In the goal of the waters I settle thee!'
the goal of the waters is the ear : in the ear he
settles this one. Whatever water flowed from those
(five) forms of his, that water he now (by these five
formulas) puts back into him ; and those forms
themselves he thereby restores to him.
56. 'In the seat of the waters I settle thee !'
the seat of the waters is the sky, for in the sky the
waters are seated : in the sky he settles this one.
57. 'In the home of the waters I settle
thee!' the home of the waters is the air: in the
air he settles this one.
58. 'In the womb of the waters I settle thee !'
the womb of the waters is the sea : in the sea he
settles this one.
59. ' In the sediment of the waters I settle
thee ! ' the sediment (purlsha) of the waters is sand :
in the sand he settles this one.
60. 'In the resort of the waters I settle
thee!' the resort of the waters is food: in food
he settles this one. Whatever water flowed from
those (five) forms of his, that water he now (by
these five formulas) puts back into him ; and those
forms themselves he thereby restores to him.
61. ' By the Gayatri metre I settle thee! —
Vii Kanda, 5 Adhyaya, 2 Brahma^a, 62. 417
By the Trish/fubh metre I settle thee ! — By the
£agati metre I settle thee! — By the Anu-
sh/'ubh metre I settle thee! — By the Pankti
metre I settle thee!' Whatever water flowed
from those metres of his, that he now (by these
formulas) puts back into him ; and those metres
themselves he thereby restores to him.
62. These (bricks) are fingers (and toes) : he puts
them on all sides \ for these fingers (and toes) are
on all sides ; he puts them at the ends, for these
fingers (and toes) are at the ends ; in four sets he
puts them on, for these fingers (and toes) are in
four sets ; five he puts on each time, for there are
five fingers (or toes) at each (limb); separately he
puts them on, for separate are these fingers (and
toes) ; only once he ' settles ' each (set) : he thereby
makes (each set) one and the same, whence they
have a common connecting-link.
1 The four sets of bricks are placed in the middle of the four sides of the square ' body ' of the altar-site, or at the ends of the two l spines ' intersecting each other.
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4 1 8 SATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA.
CORRECTIONS.
Introduction, page xii, line 33. Read, — the day preceding the Soma-day, the animal offering to Agni-Soma being indeed a constant feature of that day's proceedings at every Soma-sacrifice ; whilst the slaughter of the special victim, or victims, of the respective sacrifice takes place during the morn- ing service, &c.
P. 5, last line of text. Read, — therefor.
P. 6, note 2, 1. 3. PrtshMya shadaha, see Introduction, p. xxi.
P. 8, last line of notes. For * II, 665' read 'II, 663, in a different tune again.'
P. 9, 1. 5 of notes. Read, — II, 720-22.
P. 34, 1. 21. Read, — Brzhaspati consecration.
P. 41, 1. 14. For 'offering' read « offspring.'
P. 104, 1. 2. For 'truth' read 'law;' (cf. VI, 7, 3, 11.)
P. 146,, 1. 23. For 'become' read 'became.'
Plan of Fire-Altar (Agnikshetra). 419
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