Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.6.4.20
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.6.4.20
- Language
- Sanskrit
1.6.4.20
taṃ nirdhīya nirasyati | sa eṣa dhītaḥ paścāddadṛśe sa punarāpyāyate sa etasyaivānnādyāya punarāpyāyate yadi ha vā asya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo vaṇijyayā vā kenacidvā sambhavatyetasya haivānnādyāya punaḥ sambhavati ya evametadveda
Having sucked him empty, he throws him out; and the latter, thus sucked out, is seen in the western sky, and again increases; he again increases to serve that (sun) as food: and verily if the spiteful enemy of one who knows this, thrives either by trade or in any other way, he thrives again and again in order to serve him as food.
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)
- A Concise History of Science in India — D. M. Bose & Surendra Nath Sen, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German