Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.2.3.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.2.3.3
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- Sanskrit
11.2.3.3
atha brahmaiva parārdhamagacat tatparārdhaṃ gatvaikṣata kathaṃ nvimāṃlokānpratyaveyāmiti taddvābhyāmeva pratyavaidrūpeṇa caiva nāmnā ca sa yasya kasya ca nāmāsti tannāma yasyo api nāma nāsti yadveda rūpeṇedaṃ rūpamiti tadrūpametāvadvā idaṃ yāvadrūpaṃ caiva nāma ca
Then the Brahman itself went up to the sphere beyond. Having gone up to the sphere beyond, it considered, 'How can I descend again into these worlds?' It then descended again by means of these two--Form and Name. Whatever has a name, that is name; and that again which has no name, and which one knows by its form, 'This is (of a certain) form,' that is form: as far as there are Form and Name so far, indeed, extends this (universe).
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)
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Buddha: His Life, his Doctrine, his Order — Hermann Oldenberg & William Hoey, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English