Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.3.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.3.8
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- Sanskrit
2.4.3.8
ta u ha viśve devā ūcuḥ | anayorvā ayaṃ dyāvāpṛthivyo raso hanteme asminnābhajāmeti tābhyāmetam bhāgamakalpayannetaṃ dyāvāpṛthivyamekakapālam puroḍāśaṃ tasmāddyāvāpṛthivya ekakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati tasyeyameva kapālamekeva hīyaṃ tasmādekakapālo bhavati
The All-gods spake, 'This sap (of the rice and barley plants) truly belongs to those two, heaven and earth: let us, then, allow those two a share in it!' They accordingly assigned that share to them, to wit, the cake on one potsherd offered to heaven and earth. This is why there is a cake on one potsherd (kapâla) for heaven and earth. Now this (earth) is, doubtless, the cup (depository, kapâla) of that (sap); and she indeed is one only: hence (the cake) consists of one potsherd.
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