Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.7.3.17
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.7.3.17
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- Sanskrit
1.7.3.17
te vai triṣṭubhau bhavataḥ | vāstu vā etadyajñasya yatsviṣṭakṛdavīryaṃ vai vāstvindriyaṃ vīryaṃ triṣṭubindriyamevaitadvīryaṃ vāstau sviṣṭakṛti dadhāti tasmāttriṣṭubhau bhavataḥ
They are both trishtubh verses; for the svishtakrit is, as it were, the residue (or site, vâstu) of the sacrifice, and the residue (or, a vacant site) is without energy. Now the trishtubh means manly power, energy: hence he thereby imparts manly power, energy to that residue, the svishtakrit. This is why they are both trishtubh verses.
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