Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.6.4.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.6.4.12
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- Sanskrit
1.6.4.12
vārtraghnaṃ vai paurṇamāsam | indro hyetena vṛtramahannathaitadeva vṛtrahatyaṃ yadāmāvāsyaṃ vṛtraṃ hyasmā etajjaghnuṣa āpyāyanamakurvan
The full-moon oblation, assuredly, belongs to the Vritra-slayer, for by means of it Indra slew Vritra; and this new-moon oblation also represents the slaying of Vritra, since they prepared that invigorating draught for him who had slain Vritra.
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