Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.1.20
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.1.20
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- Sanskrit
3.2.1.20
te hocuḥ | upaiva bhagavo mantrayasva hvayiṣyate vai tveti tāmupāmantrayata sā hāsmai nipalāśamivovāda tasmādu strī puṃsopamantritā nipalāśamivaiva vadati sa hovāca nipalāśamiva vai me 'vādīditi
They said, 'Do but beckon her, reverend sir, and she will certainly call thee to her.' He beckoned her; but she only replied to him, as it were, by shaking her head: and hence a woman, when beckoned by a man, only replies to him, as it were, by shaking her head. He said, 'She has only replied to me by shaking her head.'
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