Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.2.27
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.2.27
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- Sanskrit
3.2.2.27
nainamanyatra carantamabhyastamiyāt | na svapantamabhyudiyātsa yadenamanyatra carantamabhyastamiyādrātrerenaṃ tadantariyādyatsvapantamabhyudiyādahna enaṃ tadantariyānnātra prāyaścittirasti pratigupyamevaitasmāt na purāvabhṛthādapo 'bhyaveyānnainamabhivarṣedanavakLptaṃ ha tadyatpurāvabhṛthādapo 'bhyaveyādyadvainamabhivarṣedatha parihvālaṃ vācaṃ vadati na mānuṣīm prasṛtāṃ tadyatparihvālaṃ vācaṃ vadati na mānuṣīm prasṛtām
Let not the sun set on him while abiding elsewhere (than the hall); nor let the sun rise on him while asleep. For were the sun to set on him while abiding elsewhere, he (the sun) would cut him off from the night; and were the sun to rise on him while asleep, he would cut him off from the day: there is no atonement for this, hence it must by all means be avoided. Prior to the purificatory bath he should not enter water, nor should it rain upon him; for it is improper that he should enter water, or that it should rain upon him, before the purificatory bath. Moreover, he speaks his speech falteringly, and not effusively after the manner of ordinary speech. The reason why he speaks his speech falteringly and not after the manner of ordinary speech is this:
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 (1)
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German