Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.5.2.13
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.5.2.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
10.5.2.13
sa eṣa eva lokampṛṇā tāmeṣa sarvo'gnirabhisampadyate tasyaitanmithunaṃ yo'yaṃ savye'kṣanpuruṣo'rdhamu haitadātmano yanmithunaṃ yadā vai saha mithunenātha sarvo'tha kṛtsnaḥ kṛtsnatāyai tadyatte dve bhavato dvandvaṃ hi mithunam prajananaṃ tasmāddve-dve lokampṛṇe upadhīyete tasmādu dvābhyāṃ citim praṇayanti
Now, that man in yonder orb (of the sun), and that man in the right eye truly are no other than Death;--his feet have stuck fast in the heart, and having pulled them out he comes forth; and when he comes forth then that man dies: whence they say of him who has passed away, 'he has been cut off.'
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 (3)
- Sarvadevapratiṣṭhāprakāśa — Sanskrit
- Śrāvaṇī — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English