Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.3.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.3.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.3.3.1
dhīro ha śātaparṇeyaḥ mahāśālaṃ jābālamupotsasāda taṃ hovāca kim mā vidvānupodasada ityagniṃ vedeti kamagniṃ vettheti vācamiti yastamagniṃ veda kiṃ sa bhavatīti vāgmī bhavatīti hovāca nainaṃ vāgjahātīti
Dhîra Sâtaparneya once on a time repaired to Mahâsâla Gâbâla. He said to him, 'Knowing what, hast thou come to me?'--'Agni (the fire) I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'Speech.'--'What becomes of him who knows that Agni?'--'He becomes eloquent,' he said, 'speech does not fail him.'
10.3.3.2
vetthāgnimiti hovāca kimeva mā vidvānupodasada ityagniṃ vedeti kamagniṃ vettheti cakṣuriti yastamagniṃ veda kiṃ sa bhavatīti cakṣuṣmānbhavatīti hovāca nainaṃ cakṣurjahātīti
'Thou knowest Agni,' he said; 'knowing what (else) hast thou come to me?'--'Agni I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'The Eye.'--'What becomes of him who knows that Agni?'--'He becomes seeing,' he said; his eye does not fail him.'
10.3.3.3
vetthāgnimiti hovāca kimeva mā vidvānupodasada ityagniṃ vedeti kamagniṃ vettheti mana iti yastamagniṃ veda kiṃ sa bhavatīti manasvī bhavatīti hovāca nainam mano jahātīti
'Thou knowest Agni,' he said; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'--'Agni I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'The Mind.'--'What becomes of him who knows that Agni?'--'He becomes thoughtful,' he said; 'his mind does not fail him.'
10.3.3.4
vetthāgnimiti hovāca kimeva mā vidvānupodasada ityagniṃ vedeti kamagniṃ vettheti śrotramiti yastamagniṃ veda kiṃ sa bhavatīti śrotravānbhavatīti hovāca nainaṃ śrotraṃ jahātīti
'Thou knowest Agni,' he said; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'--'Agni I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'The Ear.'--'What becomes of him who knows that Agni?'--'He becomes hearing,' he said; 'his ear does not fail him.'
10.3.3.5
vetthāgnimiti hovāca kimeva mā vidvānupodasada ityagniṃ vedeti kamagniṃ vettheti ya etatsarvamagnistaṃ vedeti tasminhokta upāvarurohādhīhi bhostamagnimiti
'Thou knowest Agni,' he said; 'knowing what hast thou come to me?'--'Agni I know.'--'What Agni knowest thou?'--'The Agni who is everything here, him I know.'--On (hearing) this said, he stepped down to him and said, 'Teach me that Agni, sir!'
10.3.3.6
sa hovāca prāṇo vāva so'gniryadā vai puruṣaḥ svapiti prāṇaṃ tarhi vāgapyeti prāṇaṃ cakṣuḥ prāṇam manaḥ prāṇaṃ śrotraṃ yadā prabudhyate prāṇādevādhi punarjāyanta ityadhyātmam
He said,--Verily, that Agni is the breath; for when man sleeps, speech passes into the breath, and so do the eye, the mind, and the ear; and when he awakes, they again issue from the breath. Thus much as to the body.
10.3.3.7
athādhidevatam yā vai sā vāgagnireva sa yattaccakṣurasau sa ādityo yattanmana eṣa sa candramā yattacrotraṃ diśa eva tadatha yaḥ sa prāṇo'yameva sa vāyuryo'yam pavate
Now as to the deity. That speech verily is Agni himself; and that eye is yonder sun; and that mind is that moon; and that ear is the quarters; and that breath is the wind that blows here.
10.3.3.8
yadā vā agniranugacati vāyuṃ tarhyanūdvāti tasmādenamudavāsīdityāhurvāyuṃ hyanūdvāti yadādityo'stameti vāyuṃ tarhi praviśati vāyuṃ candramā vāyau diśaḥ pratiṣṭhitā vāyorevādhi punarjāyante sa yadaivaṃvidasmāllokātpraiti vācaivāgnimapyeti cakṣuṣādityam manasā candraṃ śrotreṇa diśaḥ prāṇena vāyuṃ sa etanmaya eva bhūtvaitāsāṃ devatānāṃ yāṃ-yāṃ kāmayate sā bhūtvelayati
Now, when that fire goes out, it is wafted up in the wind (air), whence people say of it, 'It has expired,' for it is wafted up in the wind. And when the sun sets it enters the wind, and so does the moon; and the quarters are established in the wind, and from out of the wind they issue again. And when he who knows this passes away from this world, he passes into the fire by his speech, into the sun by his eye, into the moon by his mind, into the quarters by his ear, and into the wind by his breath; and being composed thereof, he becomes whichever of these deities he chooses, and is at rest.
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
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