Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.1.1.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.1.8
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- Sanskrit
2.1.1.8
atha śarkarāḥ sambharati | devāśca vā asurāścobhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire sā heyam pṛthivyalelāyadyathā puṣkaraparṇamevaṃ tāṃ ha sma vātaḥ saṃvahati sopaiva devāñjagāmopāsurāntsā yatra devānupajagāma
He then brings pebbles. Now the gods and the Asuras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, once contended for superiority. This earth was then trembling like a lotus-leaf; for the wind was tossing it hither and thither: now it came near the gods, now it came near the Asuras. When it came near the gods,--
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)
- Die Kosmographie der Inder nach den Quellen dargestellt — Willibald Kirfel, German