Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.4.2.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.4.2.3
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- Sanskrit
13.4.2.3
tadu hovāca bhāllabeyo dvirūpa evaiṣo'śvaḥ syātkṛṣṇasāraṃgaḥ prajāpatervā eṣo'kṣṇaḥ samabhavaddvirūpaṃ vā idaṃ cakṣuḥ śuklaṃ caiva kṛṣṇaṃ ca tadenaṃ svena rūpeṇa samardhayatīti
As to this, Bhâllaveya, however, said, 'That horse should be of two colours, black-spotted, for that (horse) was produced from Pragâpati's eye, and this eye is of two colours, white and black: he thus endows it with its own colour.'
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