Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.2.4.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.4.6
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- Sanskrit
1.2.4.6
sa japati | indrasya bāhurasi dakṣiṇa ityeṣa vai vīryavattamo ya indrasya bāhurdakṣiṇastasmādāhendrasya bāhurasi dakṣiṇa iti sahasrabhṛṣṭiḥ śatatejā iti sahasrabhṛṣṭirvai sa vajra āsīcatatejā yaṃ taṃ vṛtrāya prāharattamevaitatkaroti
He murmurs (Vâg. S. I, 24): 'Thou art Indra's right arm!' for Indra's right arm no doubt is the most powerful one, and for that reason he says: 'Thou art Indra's right arm!' 'The thousand-spiked, hundred-edged! he adds, for a thousand spikes and a hundred edges had that thunderbolt which he hurled at Vritra: he thereby makes it to be that (thunderbolt).
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