The Satapatha Brahmana According to the Text of the Madhyandina School volume
The Satapatha Brahmana According to the Text of the Madhyandina School volume
Julius Eggeling
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Inasmuch as the Upawi'U-graha is obtained by three turns of pressing, and each of the three Savanas (pressings, Soma-feasts) consists of three rounds of pressing of three turns each. See p. 256, note I. ^ Cf. Taitt. S. VI, 4, 5, where this theory (divested of its legendary form) is ascribed to Aru«a Aupaveji. 250 5ATAPATHA-BRAHMAiVA. syllables consists the Gayatri, and the morning Soma- feast belongs to the Gayatri ; thus this (first turn of pressing) is made to be the morning Soma-feast. 9. He... draws (the juice of the first turn of pressing into the cup) with (Va^. S. VII, i), 'Grow thou pure for Va/^aspati !' for Va/6aspati (lord of speech) is the out-breathing, and this (Upa;;25u) graha is the out-breathing : hence he says, ' Grow thou pure for Va/'aspati ! ' — 'purified by the hands with the sprigs of the bull ;' for he purifies it with sprigs of Soma: hence he says, 'with the sprigs of the bull;' and ' purified by the hands (gabhasti-puta^), ' he says ; for — 'gabhasti' being the same as 'pani' (hand) — he indeed purifies it with his hands.
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