Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.6.3.22
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.6.3.22
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.6.3.22
atha yadindre sarve devāstasthānāḥ | tasmādāhurindraḥ sarvā devatā indraśreṣṭhā devā ityetaddha vai devāstredhaikadevatyā abhavantsa yo haivametadvedaikadhā haiva svānāṃ śreṣṭho bhavati
And further, since all the gods were abiding in Indra, for that reason they say that Indra is all the deities, that the gods have Indra for their chief (sreshtha). Thus the gods came in a three-fold way to consist of one deity; and he who knows this becomes individually the chief of his own (people).
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