Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.8.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.8.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
11.8.1.1
tadyathā ha vai idaṃ rathacakraṃ vā kaulālacakraṃ vāpratiṣṭhitaṃ krandedevaṃ haiveme lokā adhruvā apratiṣṭhitā āsuḥ
Verily, even as this cart-wheel, or a potter's wheel, would creak if not steadied, so, indeed, were these worlds unfirm and unsteadied.
11.8.1.2
sa ha prajāpatirīkṣāṃ cakre kathaṃ nvime lokā dhruvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ syuriti sa ebhiścaiva parvatairnadībhiścemāmadṛṃhadvayobhiśca marīcibhiścāntarikṣaṃ jīmūtaiśca nakṣatraiśca divam
Pragâpati then bethought him, 'How may these worlds become firm and steadied?' By means of the mountains and rivers he stablished this (earth), by means of the birds and sun-motes the air, and by means of the clouds and stars the sky.
11.8.1.3
sa maha iti vyāharat paśavo vai mahastasmādyasyaite bahavo bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhamasya kule mahīyante bahavo ha vā asyaite bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ hāsya kule mahīyante tasmādyadyenamāyatanādbādheranvā pra vā yāpayeyuragnihotraṃ hutvā maha ityupatiṣṭheta prati prajayā paśubhistiṣṭhati nāyatanāccyavate
He then exclaimed, 'Wealth!'--now, wealth (mahas) means cattle, whence they (cattle) thrive (mahîyante) exceedingly in the homestead of one who possesses many of them; and this (Sacrificer), indeed, possesses many of them, and in his homestead they do thrive exceedingly. Wherefore, if people were either to forcibly drive him from his home, or to bid him go forth, let him, after performing the Agni-hotra, approach (the fires) saying, 'Wealth'; and he becomes firmly established by offspring and cattle, and is not deprived of his home.
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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- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German