Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.2.11
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.2.11
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- Sanskrit
2.4.2.11
sa udvāsyāgnau dve āhutī juhoti devebhyaḥ | devānvā eṣa upāvartate ya āhitāgnirbhavati yo darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ yajate 'thaitatpitṛyajñenevācārīttadu nihnute sa devaiḥ prasūto 'thaitatpitṛbhyo dadāti tasmādudvāsyāgnau dve āhutī juhoti devebhyaḥ
After removing it (from the fire) he offers to the gods two libations in the fire. For, in establishing his sacrificial fires, and in performing the new and full-moon sacrifice, that (householder) resorts to the gods. Here, however, he is engaged in a sacrifice to the fathers: hence he thereby propitiates the gods, and being permitted by the gods, he presents that (food) to the fathers. This is why, on removing (the rice), he offers to the gods two libations in the fire.
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