Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.6.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.6.4
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- Sanskrit
10.6.4.1
uṣā vā aśvasya medhyasya śiraḥ sūryaścakṣurvātaḥ prāṇo vyāttamagnirvaiśvānaraḥ saṃvatsara ātmāśvasya medhyasya dyauṣpṛṣṭhamantarikṣamudaram pṛthivī pājasyaṃ diśaḥ pārśve avāntaradiśaḥ parśava ṛtavo'ṅgāni māsāścārdhamāsāśca parvāṇyahorātrāṇi pratiṣṭhā nakṣatrāṇyasthīni nabho māṃsānyūvadhyaṃ sikatāḥ sindhavo gudā yakṛcca klomānaśca parvatā oṣadhayaśca vanaspatayaśca lomānyudyanpūrvārdho nimlocanjaghanārdho yadvijṛmbhate tadvidyotate yadvidhūnute tatstanayati yanmehati tadvarṣati vāgevāsya vāgaharvā aśvam purastānmahimānvajāyata tasya pūrve samudre yonīrātrirenam paścānmahimānvajāyata tasyāpare samudre yoniretau vā aśvam mahimānāvabhitaḥ sambabhūvaturhayo bhūtvā devānavahadvājī gandharvānarvāsurānaśvo manuṣyāntsamudra evāsya bandhuḥ samudro yoniḥ
Verily, the dawn is the head of the sacrificial horse, the sun its eye, the wind its breath, Agni Vaisvânara (the fire belonging to all men) its open mouth. The year is the body of the sacrificial horse, the sky its back, the air its belly, the earth the under part of its belly, the quarters its flanks, the intermediate quarters its ribs, the seasons its limbs, the months and half-months its joints, the days and nights its feet, the stars its bones, the welkin its flesh, the sand its intestinal food, the rivers its bowels, the mountains its liver and lungs, the herbs and trees its hair, the rising sun the forepart, and the setting sun the hindpart of its body, the lightning its yawning, the thundering its whinnying, the raining its voiding urine, and speech its voice. The day, indeed, was produced as the Mahiman (cup) before the horse, and its birthplace is in the eastern sea. The night was produced as the Mahiman (cup) behind (or after) it, and its birth-place was in the western sea: these two Mahiman (cups), indeed, came to be on both sides of the horse. As Haya (steed) it carried the gods, as Vagin (racer) the Gandharvas, as Aryan (courser) the Asuras, as Asva (horse) men. The sea, indeed, is its kindred, the sea its birth-place.
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 (4)
- A History of Indian Medical Literature — G. Jan Meulenbeld, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German
- Mantrapuṣpa — Sanskrit