The same statement is again repeated in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa. “by offering the Rājasūya one becomes king, and by the Vājapeya (he becomes) emperor ( Samrāt) and the office of the king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher: a king might indeed wish to become emperor, for the office of the king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher, but the emperor would not wish to became king, for the office of the king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher”. ![]() One becomes king by performing the Rājasūya sacrifice and by performing the Vājapeya one becomes Samrāt. It is very difficult to enunciate the exact nature of the Vājapeya sacrifice. soma by drinking ( pitvā) one becomes strong ( vājin). The Vājapeya is that ceremony by which the gods also obtain strength ( vājam) and by ‘drink of strength’ i.e. ![]() The Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa holds the view that the Vājapeya is same as annapeya (food and drink). According to the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa the word ‘ Vāja’ means food and ‘ Peya’ means ‘ drink’ which is derived from the root √ pa (to drink). The word ‘ Vājapeya’ is explaining by different scholars in different ways. It is however, normally performed as an independent rite. Among the seven forms of samsthās, the Vājapeya is one of the sacrifice conveying high political significance. ![]() Thus the last form of samsthās is Vājapeya. Agniṣṭoma, Atyagniṣṭoma, Ukthya, Sodāsi, Atirātra, Aptoryam and Vājapeya. A complete soma yāga consists of seven forms of samsthās viz.
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