Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 14.4.2.23
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14.4.2.23
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- Sanskrit
14.4.2.23
brahma vā idamagra āsīt ekameva tadekaṃ sanna vyabhavattacreyo rūpamatyasṛjata kṣatraṃ yānyetāni devatrā kṣatrāṇīndro varuṇaḥ somo rudraḥ parjanyo yamo mṛtyurīśāna iti tasmātkṣatrātparaṃ nāsti tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyamadhastādupāste rājasūye kṣatra eva tadyaśo dadhāti saiṣā kṣatrasya yoniryadbrahma tasmādyadyapi rājā paramatāṃ gacati brahmaivāntata upaniśrayati svāṃ yoniṃ ya u enaṃ hinasti svāṃ sa yonimṛcati sa pāpīyānbhavati yathā śreyāṃsaṃ hiṃsitvā
Commentaries (1)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (4)
- Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad — Sanskrit
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- Chandragupta Maurya and His Times — Radhakumud Mookerji, English
- Caste in India: The Facts and the System — Émile Senart & E. Denison Ross, English