Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.2.4.2
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.2.4.2
- Language
- Sanskrit
13.2.4.2
sa yadgrāmyaiḥ saṃsthāpayet samadhvānaḥ krāmeyuḥ samantikaṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāṃ narkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeranyadāraṇyairvyadhvānaḥ krāmeyurvidūraṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāmṛkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeran
Were he to complete (the sacrifice) with tame ones, the roads would run together, the village-boundaries of two villages would be contiguous, and no ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers would come to be in the forests. By (so doing) with wild (beasts) the roads would run asunder, the village-boundaries of two villages would be far asunder; and there would come to be ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers in the forests.
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 (4)
- 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
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German