Shatapatha Brahmana 13.2.10

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.2.10

Language: Sanskrit

13.2.10.1

yadasipathānkalpayanti setumeva taṃ saṃkramaṇaṃ yajamānaḥ kurute svargasya lokasya samaṣṭyai

When they prepare the knife-paths, the Sacrificer makes for himself that passage across, a bridge, for the attainment of the heavenly world.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

13.2.10.2

sūcībhiḥ kalpayanti viśo vai sūcyo rāṣṭramaśvamedho viśaṃ caivāsminrāṣṭraṃ ca samīcī dadhati hiraṇyamayyo bhavanti tasyoktam brāhmaṇam

They prepare them by means of needles; the needles, doubtless, are the people (clans), and the Asvamedha is the royal power: they thus supply him with people and royal power combined. They are made of gold: the meaning of this has been explained.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

trayyaḥ sūcyo bhavanti lohamayyo rajatā hariṇyo diśo vai lohamayyo'vāntaradiśo rajatā ūrdhvā hariṇyastābhirevainaṃ kalpayanti tiraścībhiṣcordhvābhiśca bahurūpā bhavanti tasmādbahurūpā diśo nānārūpā bhavanti tasmānnānārūpā diśaḥ

Three kinds of needles are (used), copper ones, silver ones, and gold ones;--those of copper, doubtless, are the (principal) regions (of the compass), those of silver the intermediate ones, and those of gold the upper ones: it is by means of these (regions) they render it fit and proper. By way of horizontal and vertical (stitches) they are many-formed, whence the regions are many-formed; and they are of distinct form, whence the regions are of distinct form.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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 (2)

Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
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