Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.1.2.13
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.1.2.13
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.1.2.13
citrāyāmagnī ādadhīta | devāśca vā asurāścobhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire ta ubhaya evāmuṃ lokaṃ samārurukṣāṃ cakrurdivameva tato 'surā rauhiṇamityagniṃ cikyire 'nenāmuṃ lokaṃ samārokṣyāma iti
He may also set up his fires under Kitrâ. Now the gods and the Asuras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, were contending for superiority. Both parties were desirous of rising to yonder world, the sky. The Asuras then constructed the fire (altar) called rauhina (fit to ascend by), thinking, 'Thereby we shall ascend (â-ruh) to the sky.'
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 (3)
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English