Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.4.7
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.8.4.7
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- Sanskrit
13.8.4.7
udvayaṃ tamasasparīti etāmṛcaṃ japanto yanti tattamasaḥ pitṛlokādādityaṃ jyotirabhyāyanti tebhya āgatebhya āñjanābhyañjane prayacantyeṣa ha mānuṣo'laṅkārastenaiva tam mṛtyumantardadhate
They proceed (towards the village) muttering this verse (Vâg. S. XXXV, 14), 'From out of the gloom have we risen...'--from the gloom, the world of the Fathers, they now indeed approach the light, the sun. When they have arrived, ointments for the eyes and the feet are given them: such, indeed, are human means of embellishment, and therewith they keep off death from themselves.
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)
- A History of Sanskrit Literature: Classical Period, Vol. I — S. N. Dasgupta & Sushil Kumar De, English
- Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics — Sushil Kumar De, English