Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.2.1.20
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.1.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.2.1.20
tadyadevam pinaṣṭi | jīvaṃ vai devānāṃ haviramṛtamamṛtānāmathaitadulūkhalamusalābhyāṃ dṛṣadupalābhyāṃ haviryajñaṃ ghnanti
The reason why he thus grinds it, is that the sacrificial food of the gods is living, is amrita (ambrosia, or not dead) for the immortals. Now with the mortar and pestle, and with the two millstones they kill this rice-offering (haviryagña).
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)
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English