Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.4.4.23
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.4.4.23
- Language
- Sanskrit
2.4.4.23
sa vai paścādiva yajñasya juhoti | paścādvai parītya vṛṣā yoṣāmadhidravati tasyāṃ retaḥ siñcati sa vai prāgevāgre juhotyagne vīhātyanuvaṣaṭkaroti tatsviṣṭakṛdbhājanaṃ sa vai prāgeva juhoti
He offers, as it were, behind the sacrifice: for it is from behind that the male approaches and impregnates the female. He first offers in the east. With 'O Agni, accept...!' he repeats the Vashat,--this is in lieu of the Svishtakrit; and (the latter) he offers in the east.
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