Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.2.1.15
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.1.15
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- Sanskrit
1.2.1.15
atha dṛṣadamupadadhāti | dhiṣaṇāsi parvatī prati tvādityāstvagvettviti dhiṣaṇā hi parvatī hi prati tvādityāstvagvettviti tatsaṃjñāmevaitatkṛṣṇājināya ca vadati nedanyo 'nyaṃ hinasāva itīyamevaiṣā pṛthivī rūpeṇa
He then puts the lower mill-stone on it, with the text (Vâg. S. I, 19): 'A rock-bowl art thou! May the skin of Aditi acknowledge thee!' for it is a bowl (dhishanâ) and a rock too; and by saying, 'May the skin of Aditi acknowledge thee,' he establishes an understanding between it and the black antelope skin, so that 'they will not hurt each other.' This one (the lower mill-stone) represents the earth.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English