PRAPATHAKA IV The Optional and Occasional Offerings iii. 4. 1. The sacrifice of him whose offering is too large is unsuccessful; ‘Surya, the god, for those that sit in the sky’,... Read more

iii. 3. 8. a. Giving life, O Agni, rejoicing in the oblation, Be thou faced with ghee and with thy birthplace of ghee; Having drunk the ghee, the sweet, the delightful product of the cow, As... Read more

PRAPATHAKA III The Supplement to the Soma Sacrifice (continued). iii. 3. 1. a. O Agni, brilliant, be thou brilliant among the gods; make me brilliant, of long life, radiant among men; for th... Read more

iii. 2. 6. a. Thou art the milk of the great ones, the body of the All-gods; may I to-day accomplish the cup of the speckled ones; thou art the cup of the speckled ones; thou art the heart o... Read more

PRAPATHAKA II The Supplement to the Soma Sacrifice (continued) iii. 2. 1. He who sacrifices knowing the ‘ascent’ verses of the Pavamana (Stotras) mounts on the Pavamanas and is n... Read more

iii. 1. 7. The Adhvaryu is he that brings trouble on the sacrificer, and he that brings trouble himself is ruined before the trouble. ‘From the formula spoken, guard me, from every exe... Read more

Translator – Arthur Berriedale Keith KANDA III PRAPATHAKA I The Supplement to the Soma Sacrifice iii. 1. 1. Prajapati desired, ‘May I create offspring.’ He did penance, he... Read more