{"collection":"Hinduism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/hin/sbr/sbe41/sbe4115.htm","path":"hin/sbr/sbe41/sbe4115.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/hin/sbr/sbe41/sbe4115.htm","text":"Satapatha Brahmana Part III (SBE41), Julius Eggeling tr. [1894]\n5:3:3:11. He performs the initiation ceremony. On the day of preparation he seizes the victim for Agni\nand Soma. Having performed the offering of the omentum thereof; he prepares a cake on eleven potsherds for Agni and Soma 1. Thereupon the offerings of the Divine Quickeners (Devas\u00fb) are prepared.\n5:3:3:22. For Savitri Satyaprasava (of true impulse) he prepares a cake from fast-grown (pl\u00e2suka) rice 2, on either twelve, or eight, potsherds; for Savitri is the impeller (prasavitri) of the gods: 'May I be quickened 3, impelled by Savitri!' thus (he thinks). And as to (its being) of fast-grown rice: 'May they quickly impel me!' he thinks.\n5:3:3:33. For Agni Grihapati (the house-lord) he then prepares a cake on eight potsherds from quick-grown (\u00e2su) rice 4; for the house-lord's position means prosperity: as much as he (the king) rules over, over\nthat Agni, the house-lord, leads him to hold the position of a master of the house. And as to its being of quick-grown rice: 'May they quickly lead me!' so he thinks.\n5:3:3:44. For Soma Vanaspati (the wood-lord or tree) he then prepares a pap of sy\u00e2m\u00e2ka millet: thereby Soma, the wood-lord, quickens him for the plants. And as to its being prepared of sy\u00e2m\u00e2ka,--they, the sy\u00e2m\u00e2kas among plants doubtless are most manifestly Soma's own: therefore it is prepared of sy\u00e2m\u00e2ka grain.\n5:3:3:55. For Brihaspati V\u00e2k 1 (speech) he then prepares a pap of wild rice: thereby Brihaspati quickens him for speech. And as to its being prepared of wild rice,--Brihaspati is the Brahman, and they, the wild rice-plants, are ripened by the Brahman 2: hence it is prepared of wild rice.\n5:3:3:66. For Indra Gyeshtha (the most excellent) he then prepares a pap of red rice-grains (h\u00e2yana) 3: thereby Indra, the most excellent, leads him to excellence (or, lordship). And as to its being prepared of red rice: outstanding doubtless are those plants, the red rice, and outstanding is Indra: therefore it is prepared of red rice.\n5:3:3:77. For Rudra Pasupati (lord of beasts) he then prepares a Raudra pap of gavedhuk\u00e2 seeds (coix barbata): thereby Rudra, the lord of beasts, quickens\nhim for cattle. And as to its being prepared of gavedhuk\u00e2 seed;--that God is (the recipient of) refuse (remains of offering), and gavedhuk\u00e2 seeds are refuse: therefore it is (prepared) of gavedhuk\u00e2 seed.\n5:3:3:88. For Mitra Satya (the True) he then prepares a pap of N\u00e2mba 1 seed: thereby Mitra the True quickens him for the Brahman. And as to its being prepared of N\u00e2mba seed,--to Varuna, no doubt, belong those plants which grow in ploughed ground; but those, the N\u00e2mba plants, belong to Mitra: therefore it is (prepared) of N\u00e2mba seed.\n5:3:3:99. For Varuna Dharmapati (the lord of the law) he then prepares a Varuna pap of barley: thereby Varuna, the lord of the law, makes him lord of the law; and that truly is the supreme state, when one is lord of the law; for whosoever attains to the supreme state, to him they come in (matters of) law: therefore to Varuna Dharmapati.\n5:3:3:1010. He then proceeds with the cake for Agni-Soma. The Svishtakrit of that (oblation) remains yet unoffered, when he proceeds with those (other) oblations.\n5:3:3:1111. Thereupon, taking hold of him (the Sacrificer) by the right arm, he mutters (V\u00e2g. S. IX, 39, 40), 'May Savitri quicken thee for (powers of) quickening (ruling) 2, Agni for householders, Soma for trees, Brihaspati for speech, Indra for lordship, Rudra for cattle, Mitra for truth, Varuna for the lord of the law.'\n5:3:3:1212. 'Quicken him, O gods, to be unrivalled!'\n[paragraph continues] --he thereby says, 'Quicken him, O gods, so as to be without an enemy; for great chiefdom, for great lordship!' in this there is nothing obscure;--'for man-rule!' 'for the ruling of men,' he thereby says;--'for Indra's energy!' 'for vigour' he means to say when he says, 'for Indra's energy;'--'him, the son of such and such (a man), the son of such and such (a woman),'--whatever be his parentage, with reference to that he says this;--'of such and such a people,' that is to say, of the people whose king he is;--'this man, O ye (people) 1, is your king, Soma is the king of us Brahmans!' He thereby causes everything here to be food for him (the king); the Br\u00e2hman alone he excepts: therefore the Br\u00e2hman is not to be fed upon, for he has Soma for his king.\n5:3:3:1313. Now those gods have the power of quickening, whence their name 'devas\u00fb' (Divine Quickeners). It is those gods who now quicken him thus, and quickened (consecrated) by them he will be consecrated on the morrow.\n5:3:3:1414. They are double-named, for a coupling means strength: 'May the strong quicken (him),' thus he thinks, and therefore they are double-named.\n5:3:3:1515. He now says, 'Pronounce the invitatory prayer to Agni Svishtakrit.' And as to why that ceremony is performed here between two offerings 2,--verily Prag\u00e2pati is that sacrifice which is here performed, and from which all these creatures were produced,--\nand so they are even now produced after this one. Thus he places him (the Sacrificer) in the very middle of that Prag\u00e2pati, and quickens him in the middle: this is why that ceremony is performed between two offerings. Having called for the Sraushat. he says, 'Urge for Agni Svishtakrit!' and offers as the Vashat is pronounced.\n68:1 That is, by the steam rising from the Brihaspati pap in the bottom vessel.\n68:2 The Abhishekan\u00eeya (or Abhisheka, literally 'the sprinkling'), the Consecration ceremony (corresponding to the Anointment of modern times), requires for its performance five days, viz. one d\u00eeksh\u00e2 (initiation ceremony), three upasads, and one suty\u00e2 or Soma-day, the particular form of Soma-sacrifice being the Ukthya (part ii, p. 325, note 2). The D\u00eeksh\u00e2 is performed immediately after the expiration of the dark fortnight following the full-moon of Phalgun\u00ee, that is to say, on the first day of Kaitra (about the middle of March).--According to Katy. XV, 3, 47 both the Abhishekan\u00eeya and Dasapeya require special offering-places, the latter being north of the former. Cf. note on V, 4, 5, 13.--As regards p. 69 the chants (stotra) of the Consecration ceremony, the Pavam\u00e2na-stotras are chanted in the thirty-twofold, the \u00c2gya-stotras in the fifteenfold, the Prishtha-stotras in the seventeenfold, and the Agnishtoma-s\u00e2man and Uktha-stotras in the twenty-onefold mode of chanting (stoma). Pa\u00f1k. Br, 18, 10, 9. The Bahishpavam\u00e2na is specially constructed so as to consist of the following parts,--S\u00e2ma-veda II, 978-80; further six so-called sambh\u00e2ry\u00e2 verses further II, 125-27; II, 4-6; II, 431-3; II, 128-30; II, 555-59; II, 7-9; II, 981-83; see Pa\u00f1k. Br. 18, 8, 7 seq.--The Taittir\u00eeya ritual (Taitt. Br. I, 8, 7 seq.), on the other hand, prescribes for the Pavam\u00e2na-stotras, the thirty-four-versed stoma, commencing the Bahishpavam\u00e2na by II, 920; II, 431, &c.\n69:1 This is the ordinary Pasu-purod\u00e2sa, or cake of animal (offering). See part ii, p. 199, note 2 (where read Agni and Soma. instead of Indra and Agni).\n69:2 That is, according to S\u00e2yana, rice which has sprung up again and ripens very rapidly. Taitt. S. I, 8, 10 has '\u00e2su' instead, for which see next paragraph.\n69:3 Or, consecrated (s\u00fb).\n69:4 That is, according to S\u00e2yana, rice ripening in sixty days. The Taitt. S. prescribes a cake of black rice for Agni.\n70:1 Brihaspati V\u00e2kpati (lord of speech), according to the Black Yagus, where the order of the 'Divine Quickeners' is moreover somewhat different.\n70:2 ? Or cooked by the Brahman, that is by Br\u00e2hmans, when living the life of hermits or ascetics.\n70:3 The Taitt. S. prescribes a cake prepared of large rice (mah\u00e2vr\u00eehi).\n71:1 The Taitt. S. and Br. read '\u00e2mba' instead, 'a kind of grain,' according to S\u00e2yana.\n71:2 Or, perhaps, 'on the part of the quickeners (rulers, sav\u00e2n\u00e2m).'\n72:1 Here the name of the people, e. g. 'O ye Kurus, O ye Pa\u00f1k\u00e2las!' is inserted. The Taitt. S. reads, 'O ye Bharat\u00e2h.'\n72:2 That is to say, the oblations to the 'Divine Quickeners,' which were inserted between the chief oblation of the (Agn\u00eeshom\u00eeya) pasupurod\u00e2sa and the Svishtakrit of it; see above, parag. 10.","title":"Satapatha Brahmana Part III (SBE41): Fifth K\u00e2<I&...","type":"page"}