Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.4.21
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.4.21
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.4.21
mithunādidvā enametatprajanayati | yoṣā payasyā reto vājinaṃ tadvā anuṣṭhyā yanmithunājjāyate tadenametasmānmithunātprajananātprajanayati tasmādeṣātra payasyā bhavati
It is through union that he produces him: the curds (payasyâ, fem.) are female, and the whey is seed. Now what is produced by union is (produced) properly: hence he thereby produces him by a productive union; and therefore there is an offering of curds.
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