Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 14.1.2.19
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14.1.2.19
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- Sanskrit
14.1.2.19
atha gavedhukābhirhinvati yajñasya śīrṣacinnasya raso vyakṣarattata etā oṣadhayo jajñire tenaivainametadrasena samardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti makhāya tvā makhasya tvā śīrṣṇa ityasāveva bandhurevamitarau tūṣṇīm pinvane tūṣṇīṃ rauhiṇakapāle
He then smooths it by means of Gavedhukâ grass (Coix barbata),--for when the sacrifice had its head cut off, its vital sap flowed away, and therefrom those plants grew up: with that vital sap he thus supplies and completes it;--with, 'For Makha thee! for Makha's head thee!' the import of this is the same as before, In the same way the other two (Mahâvîra pots); silently the two milking-bowls, silently the two Rauhina-plates.
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Pravargyabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit