Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.1.3.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.1.3.3
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.1.3.3
aṣṭau ha vai putrā aditeḥ | yāṃstvetaddevā ādityā ityācakṣate sapta haiva te 'vikṛtaṃ hāṣṭamaṃ janayāṃ cakāra mārtāṇḍaṃ saṃdegho haivāsa yāvānevordhvastāvāṃstiryaṅ puruṣasammita ityu haika āhuḥ
Now Aditi had eight sons. But those that are called 'the gods, sons of Aditi,' were only seven, for the eighth, Mârtânda, she brought forth unformed: it was a mere lump of bodily matter, as broad as it was high. Some, however, say that he was of the size of a man.
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 (4)
- Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India, their Religion and Institutions — John Muir, English
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- The Arctic Home in the Vedas — Bal Gangadhar Tilak, English