Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.3.4.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.3.4.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.3.4.12
tamabhinidadhāti | ā tvā vasavo rudrā ādityāḥ sadantvityete vai trayā devā yadvasavo rudrā ādityā ete tvāsīdantvityevaitadāhābhinihita eva savyena pāṇinā bhavati
He presses it down (with his left hand), with the text (ib.), 'May the Vasus, the Rudras, the Âdityas sit on thee!' These three, that is, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Âdityas, namely, are (classes of) gods; and these, he means to say, are to sit down on it. While it is still being held down with his left hand,--
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 (2)
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Vedic Mythology — Arthur Anthony Macdonell, English