Shatapatha Brahmana 11.5.1.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.5.1.4
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- Sanskrit
11.5.1.4
atha hāyamīkṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nu tadavīraṃ kathamajanaṃ syādyatrāhaṃ syāmiti sa nagna evānūtpapāta ciraṃ tanmene yadvāsaḥ paryadhāsyata tato ha gandharvā vidyutaṃ janayāṃ cakrustaṃ yathā divaivaṃ nagnaṃ dadarśa tato haiveyaṃ tirobabhūva punaraimītyettirobhūtāṃ sa ādhyā jalpankurukṣetraṃ samayā cacārānyātaḥplakṣeti bisavatī tasyai hādhyantena vavrāja taddha tā apsarasa ātayo bhūtvā paripupluvire
He then thought within himself, 'How can that be (a place) without a hero and without a man where I am?' And naked, as he was, he sprang up after them: too long he deemed it that he should put on his garment. Then the Gandharvas produced a flash of lightning, and she beheld him naked even as by daylight. Then, indeed, she vanished: 'Here I am back,' he said, and lo! she had vanished. Wailing with sorrow he wandered all over Kurukshetra. Now there is a lotus-lake there, called Anyatahplakshâ: He walked along its bank; and there nymphs were swimming about in the shape of swans.
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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- Historical Geography of Ancient India — Bimala Churn Law, 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