Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.4.1.5
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.4.1.5
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- Sanskrit
10.4.1.5
athendrāgnī vā asṛjyetām brahma ca kṣatraṃ cāgnireva brahmendraḥ kṣatraṃ tau sṛṣṭau nānaivāstāṃ tāvabrūtāṃ na vā itthaṃ santau śakṣyāvaḥ prajāḥ prajanayitumekaṃ rūpamubhāvasāveti tāvekaṃ rūpamubhāvabhavatām
Now Indra and Agni were created as the Brahman (priesthood) and the Kshatra (nobility): the Brahman was Agni and the Kshatra Indra. When created, the two were separate. They spake, 'Whilst being thus, we shall be unable to produce creatures (people): let us both become one form!' The two became one form.
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)
- Epic Mythology — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English