Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.4.1.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.4.1.6

Language: Sanskrit

10.4.1.6

tau yau tāvindrāgnī etau tau rukmaśca puruṣaśca rukma evendraḥ puruṣo'gnistau hiraṇmayau bhavato jyotirvai hiraṇyaṃ jyotirindrāgni! amṛtaṃ hiraṇvamamṛtamindrāgnī

Now those two, Indra and Agni, are the same as these two, to wit, the gold plate and the (gold) man: Indra is the gold plate, and Agni the man. They are made of gold: gold means light, and Indra and Agni are the light; gold means immortal life, and Indra and Agni mean immortal life.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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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