Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.5.2.9
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.5.2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
13.5.2.9
sarvāptirvāeṣā vācaḥ yadabhimethikāḥ sarve kāmā aśvamedhe sarvayā vācā sarvānkāmānāpnavāmetyutthāpayanti mahiṣīṃ tatastā yathetam pratip!rāyantyathetare surabhimatīmṛcamantato'nvāhurdadhikrāvṇoakāriṣamiti
These speeches, the derisive discourses, indeed are every kind of attainment, and in the Asvamedha all objects of desire are contained: 'By every kind of speech may we obtain all objects of our desire' thus thinking, they cause the Mahishî to rise, Those (women) then walk back in the same way as they had come; and the others finally utter the verse containing (the word) 'fragrant' (Rig-v. IV, 39, 6), 'To Dadhikrâvan have I sung praises...'
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 (1)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English