Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.2.4.15
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.4.15
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- Sanskrit
2.2.4.15
tāmu hāgnirabhidadhyau | mithunyanayā syāmiti tāṃ sambabhūva tasyāṃ retaḥ prāsiñcattatpayo 'bhavattasmādetadāmāyāṃ gavi satyāṃ śṛtamagnerhi retastasmādyadi kṛṣnāyāṃ yadi rohiṇyāṃ śuklameva bhavatyagnisaṃkāśamagnerhi retastasmātprathamadugdhamuṣṇam bhavatyagnerhi retaḥ
Now, Agni coveted her: 'May I pair with her,' he thought. He united with her, and his seed became that milk of hers: hence, while the cow is raw, that milk in her is cooked (warm); for it is Agni's seed; and therefore also, whether it be in a black or in a red (cow), it is ever white, and shining like fire, it being Agni's seed. Hence it is warm when first milked; for it is Agni's seed.
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)
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English