Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.3.3.9
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.3.3.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.3.3.9
sa yatsāyamastamite dve āhutī juhoti | tadetābhyām pūrvābhyām padbhyāmetasminmṛtyau pratitiṣṭhatyatha yatprātaranudite dve āhutī juhoti tadetābhyāmaparābhyām padbhyāmetasminmṛtyau pratitiṣṭhita sa enameṣa udyannevādāyodeti tadetam mṛtyumatimucyate saiṣāgnihotre mṛtyoratimuktirati ha vai punarmṛtyum mucyate ya evametāmagnihotre mṛtyoratimuktiṃ veda
Now when, in the evening after sunset, he offers two libations, then he firmly plants himself on that Death with those fore-feet of his; and when, in the morning before sunrise, he offers two libations, then he plants himself on that Death with those hind-feet of his. And when he (the sun) rises, then, in rising, he takes him up and thus he (the sacrificer) escapes that Death. This, then, is the release from death in the Agnihotra: and, verily, he who knows that release from death in the Agnihotra, is freed from death again and again.
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)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- The Philosophy of the Upanishads — Paul Deussen & A. S. Geden, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English