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Satapatha Brahmana Part V (SBE44), Julius Eggeling tr. [1900], at sacred-texts.com


13:3:7

SEVENTH BRÂHMANA.

13:3:7:11. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Strengthful: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes strong.

13:3:7:22. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Plenteous: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes plentiful.

13:3:7:33. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Obtainment: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes obtained.

13:3:7:44. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Distinction: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes distinct 1.

13:3:7:55. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Severance: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes severed 2.

13:3:7:66. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Food-abounding: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes abounding in food.

13:3:7:77. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Sapful:

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wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes rich in sap (or drink).

13:3:7:88. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Abounding in holiness: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, the Brâhmana is born as one rich in holiness.

13:3:7:99. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Excelling in hitting: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, the Râganya is born as one excelling in hitting (the mark).

13:3:7:1010. Verily, this is the sacrifice called the Long (wide) one: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, a wide tract of forest-land will be provided 1.

13:3:7:1111. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Fitness: wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes fit and proper.

13:3:7:1212. Verily, this is the sacrifice called Support (foundation): wherever they worship with this sacrifice, everything indeed becomes supported (firmly established).


Footnotes

344:1 Svakarmasu bhâgena sthâpitam (? confined respectively to its own functions), comm.

344:2 Harisvâmin supplies 'akâryebhyah'--is kept away from what it is forbidden to do, or from what is not one's business.

345:1 That is, as would seem, either as a protection from neighbouring countries, or as room for spreading, and as pasture-land. Cf., however, XIII, 2-4, 2, 4, where, as in Ait. Br. III, 44; VI, 23, such a belt of jungle is referred to as a source of danger to the inhabitants of a country.


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