Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.3.3.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.3.3.1
- 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.'
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)
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English