Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.5.2.1

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.2.1

Language: Sanskrit

2.5.2.1

vaiśvadevena vai prajāpatiḥ | prajāḥ sasṛje tā asya prajāḥ sṛṣṭā varuṇasya yavāñjakṣurvaruṇyo ha vā agre yavastadyannveva varuṇasya yavānprādastasmādvaruṇapraghāsā nāma

Now it was by means of the Vaisvadeva that Pragâpati produced living beings. The beings produced by him ate (ghas) Varuna's barley corn; for originally the barley belonged to Varuna. And from their eating Varuna's barley corn the name Varunapraghâsâh (is derived).
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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 (5)

History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) — P. V. Kane, English
Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English