Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.3.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.3.1
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- Sanskrit
11.3.1.1
vāggha vā etasyāgnihotrasyāgnihotrī mana eva vatsastadidam manaśca vākca samānameva sannāneva tasmātsamānyā rajjvā vatsaṃ ca mātaraṃ cābhidadhati teja eva śraddhā satyamājyam
Verily, the Agnihotrî cow is the speech of the Agnihotra, and her calf is its mind. Now these two, mind and speech, whilst being one and the same, are, as it were, distinct from each other: therefore they tie up the calf and its mother with one and the same rope; and the fire, indeed, is faith, and the ghee truth.
11.3.1.2
taddhaitajjanako vaidehaḥ yājñavalkyam papraca vetthāgnihotraṃ yājñavalkyā3 iti veda samrāḍiti kimiti paya eveti
Now, as to this Ganaka of Videha once asked Yâgñavalkya, 'Knowest thou the Agnihotra, Yâgñavalkya?'--'I know it, O king,' he said.--'What is it?'--'Milk, indeed.'
11.3.1.3
yatpayo na syāt kena juhuyā iti vrīhiyavābhyāmiti yadvrīhiyavau na syātāṃ kena juhuyā iti yā anyā oṣadhaya iti yadanyā oṣadhayo na syuḥ kena juhuyā iti yā āraṇyā oṣadhtyeneti yadvānaspatyaṃ na syātkena juhuyā ityadbhiriti yadāpo na syuḥ kena juhuyā iti
'If there were no milk, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'--'With rice and barley.'--'If there were no rice and barley, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'--'With what other herbs there are.'--'If there were no other herbs, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'--'With what forest herbs there are.'--'If there were no forest herbs, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'--'With fruit of trees.'--'If there were no fruit of trees, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'--'With water.'--'If there were no water, wherewith wouldst thou sacrifice?'
11.3.1.4
sa hovāca na vā iha tarhi kiṃ canāsīdathaitadahūyataiva satyaṃ śraddhāyāmiti vetthāgnihotraṃ yājñavalkya dhenuśataṃ dadāmīti hovāca
He spake, 'Then, indeed, there would be nothing whatsoever here, and yet there would be offered--the truth in faith.'--'Thou knowest the Agnihotra, Yâgñavalkya: I give thee a hundred cows,' said Ganaka.
11.3.1.5
tadapyete ślokāḥ kiṃ svidvidvānpravasatyagnihotrī gṛhebhyaḥ kathaṃ svidasya kāvyaṃ kathaṃ saṃtato agnibhiriti kathaṃ svidasyānapaproṣitam bhavatītyevaitadāha
Concerning this point there are also these verses:--'Knowing what, does the offerer of the Agnihotra stay away from his house? how is his wisdom (manifested)? how is he kept up by his fires?'--whereby he means to say, 'How, then, is there no staying away from home on his part?'
11.3.1.6
yo javiṣṭho bhuvaneṣu sa vidvānpravasanvide tathā tadasya kāvyaṃ tathā saṃtato agnibhiriti mana evaitadāha manasaivāsyānapaproṣitam bhavatīti
'He who is the swiftest in the worlds, that wise one is found staying abroad: thus (is manifested) his wisdom, thus he is kept up by his fires;'--he thereby means the mind: it is owing to his mind that there is no staying away from home on his part.
11.3.1.7
yatsa dūram paretya atha tatra pramādyati kasmintsāsya hutāhutirgṛhe yāmasya juhvatīti yatsa dūram paretyātha tatra pramādyati kasminnasya sāhutirhutā bhavatītyevaitadāha
'When, having gone far away, he heedeth not there his duty, wherein is that offering of his offered; (and wherein) do they, at his house, perform the offering of the progress?'--that is to say,--'When, having gone far away, he there heeds not his duty, wherein does that offering of his come to be offered?'
11.3.1.8
yo jāgāra bhuvaneṣu viśvā jātāni yo'bibhaḥ tasmintsāsya hutāhutirgṛhe yāmasya juhvatīti prāṇamevaitadāha tasmādāhuḥ prāṇa evāgnihotramiti
'He who waketh in the worlds and sustaineth all beings, in him that offering of his is offered, (and in him) do they, at his house, perform the offering of the progress;'--he thereby means the breath; whence they say, 'The Agnihotra is breath.'
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
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