Shatapatha Brahmana 11.1.6.5
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.1.6.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
11.1.6.5
tāni vā !etāni pañcākṣarāṇi tānpañcartūnakuruta ta ime pañcartavaḥ sa evamimāṃlokānjātāntsaṃvatsare prajāpatirabhyudatiṣṭhattasmādu saṃvatsara eva kumāra uttiṣṭhāsati saṃvatsare hi prajāpatirudatiṣṭhat
These (three words consist of), five syllables: he made them to be the five seasons, and thus there are these five seasons. At the end of the (first) year, Pragâpati rose to stand on these worlds thus produced; whence a child tries to stand up at the end of a year, for at the end of a year Pragâpati stood up.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (2)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Discussed in (1)
- Die Hymnen des Rigveda, Bd. I: Metrische und textgeschichtliche Prolegomena — Oldenberg 1888, German