Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.2.2.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.2.6
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- Sanskrit
2.2.2.6
dvayā vai devā devāḥ | ahaiva devā atha ye brāhmaṇāḥ śruśruvāṃso 'nūcānāste manuṣyadevāsteṣāṃ dvedhā vibhakta eva yajña āhutaya eva devānāṃ dakṣiṇā manuṣyadevānām brāhmaṇānāṃ śuśruvuṣāmanūcānānāmāhutibhireva devānprīṇāti dakṣiṇābhirmanuṣyadevānbrāhmaṇācruśruvuṣo 'nūcānāṃsta enamubhaye devāḥ prītāḥ sudhāyāṃ dadhati
Verily, there are two kinds of gods; for, indeed, the gods are the gods; and the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore are the human gods. The sacrifice of these is divided into two kinds: oblations constitute the sacrifice to the gods; and gifts to the priests that to the human gods, the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore. With oblations one gratifies the gods, and with gifts to the priests the human gods, the Brâhmans who have studied and teach sacred lore. Both these kinds of gods, when gratified, place him in a state of bliss (sudhâ).
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 (7)
- History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
- Geschichte der indischen Litteratur — M. Winternitz, German
- Hinduism and Buddhism: An Historical Sketch — Charles Eliot, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- A History of Hindu Political Theories from the Earliest Times to the End of the First Quarter of the Seventeenth Century A.D. — U. N. Ghoshal, English