Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.3.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.3.8
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- Sanskrit
13.3.8.1
athātaḥ prāyaścittīnām yadyaśvo vaḍavāṃ skandedvāyavyam payo'nunirvapedvāyurvai retasāṃ vikartā prāṇo vai vāyuḥ prāṇo hi retasāṃ vikartā retasaivāsmiṃstadreto dadhāti
Now, then, of the expiations. If the sacrificial horse were to couple with a mare, let him in addition prepare a milk (oblation) to Vâyu;--Vâyu doubtless is the transformer of seeds, for Vâyu (the wind) is the vital air, and the vital air is the transformer of seeds: by means of seed he thus puts seed into it.
13.3.8.2
atha yadi srāmo vindet pauṣṇaṃ carumanunirvapetpūṣā vai paśūnāmīṣṭe sa yasyaiva paśavo yaḥ paśūnāmīṣṭe tamevaitatprīṇātyagado haiva bhavati
And if disease were to befal it, let him in addition prepare a pap to Pûshan, for Pûshan rules over beasts (cattle); and, indeed, he thereby gratifies him who owns cattle and rules over cattle; and it (the horse) thereby indeed becomes free from disease.
13.3.8.3
atha yadyakṣatāmayo vindet vaiśvānaraṃ dvādaśakapālam bhūmikapālam puroḍāśamanunirvapediyaṃ vai vaiśvānara imāmevaitatprīṇātyagado haiva bhavati
And if sickness without (visible) injury were to befal it, let him in addition prepare for (Agni) Vaisvânara a cake on twelve potsherds, with the earth serving for potsherds; for Vaisvânara is this (earth): he thereby gratifies this (earth), and it (the horse) becomes free from disease.
13.3.8.4
atha yadyakṣyāmayo vindet sauryaṃ carumanunirvapetsūryo vai prajānāṃ cakṣuryadā hyevaiṣa udetyathedaṃ sarvaṃ carati cakṣuṣaivāsmiṃstaccakṣurdadhāti sa yaccarurbhavati cakṣuṣā hyayamātmā carati
And if an eye-disease were to befal it, let him in addition prepare a pap to Sûrya;--the Sun, doubtless, is the eye of creatures, for when he rises everything here moves: by means of the eye (of the world) he thus bestows the eye upon it. And as to why it is a pap (karu), it is because by means of the eye this self (body or mind) moves (kar).
13.3.8.5
atha yadyudake mriyeta vāruṇaṃ yavamayaṃ carumanunirvapedvaruṇo vā etaṃ gṛhṇāti yo'psu mriyate sā yaivainaṃ devatā gṛhṇāti tāmevaitatprīṇāti sāsmai prītānyamālambhāyānumanyate tayānumatamālabhate sa yadyavamayo bhavati varuṇyā hi yavāḥ
And if it were to die in water, let him in addition prepare a barley pap to Varuna, for Varuna seizes him who dies in water: he thereby thus gratifies that very deity who seizes it, and, thus gratified, he approves his slaughtering another (horse), and he slaughters it as one approved by that (deity). And as to why it is (prepared) of barley, it is because barley belongs to Varuna.
13.3.8.6
atha yadi naśyet trihaviṣamiṣṭimanunirvapeddyāvāpṛthivyamekakapālam puroḍāśaṃ vāyavyam payaḥ sauryaṃ caruṃ yadvai kiṃ ca naśyatyantaraiva taddyāvāpṛthivī naśyati tadvāyurupavātyādityo'bhitapati naitābhyo devatābhya ṛte kiṃ cana naśyati saiṣā pṛthageva naṣṭavedanī sa yadyasyāpyanyannaśyedetayaiva yajetānu haivainadvindatyatha yadyamitrā aśvaṃ vinderanyadi vā mriyeta yadi vāpsvanyamānīya prokṣeyuḥ saiva tatra prāyaścittiḥ
And if it were to get lost, let him in addition perform an ishti with three sacrificial dishes--a cake on one potsherd for Heaven and Earth, a milk (oblation) for Vâyu, and a pap for Sûrya;--for whatsoever is lost, is lost within heaven and earth; and the wind blows upon it, and the sun shines upon it; and nothing whatever is lost out of (the reach of) these deities. And even by itself this (ishti) is the recoverer of what is lost; and even if any other thing of his were to get lost let him perform this very offering, and he verily finds it. And if enemies were to obtain the horse, or if it were to die (either in any other way) or in water, let them bring another (horse) and consecrate it by sprinkling: this, indeed, is the expiation in that case.
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)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German