Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.2.4.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.2.4.16
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3.2.4.16
athopaniṣkramyābhimantrayate | cidasi manāsīti cittaṃ vā idam mano vāganuvadati dhīrasi dakṣiṇeti dhiyā-dhiyā hyetayā manuṣyā jujyūṣantyanūkteneva prakāmodyeneva gāthābhiriva tasmādāha dhīrasīti dakṣiṇeti dakṣiṇā hyeṣā kṣatriyāsi yajñiyāsīti kṣatriyā hyeṣā yajñiyā hyeṣāditirasyubhayataḥśīrṣṇīti sa yadenayā samānaṃ sadviparyāsaṃ vadati yadaparaṃ tatpūrvaṃ karoti yatpūrvaṃ tadapara ṃ tenobhayataḥśīrṣṇī tasmādāhāditirasyubhayataḥśīrṣṇīti
Having gone up to her, he (the Adhvaryu) salutes her, with the text (Vâg. S. IV, 19), 'Thou art thought, thou art the mind,'--for speech, doubtless, speaks in accordance with thought, with the mind;--'Thou art intelligence, thou art the Dakshinâ,'--for it is by means of their respective intelligence that people seek to make their living, either by reciting (the Veda), or by readiness of speech, or by songs: therefore he says, 'Thou art intelligence;' and 'Dakshinâ' (gift to the priests) he calls her, because she is indeed the Dakshinâ;-- 'Thou art supreme, thou art worthy of worship,'--for she is indeed supreme and worthy of worship;--'Thou art Aditi, the double-headed,'--inasmuch as, through her (Vâk, speech), he speaks the right thing wrongly, and puts last what comes first, and first what comes last, therefore she is double-headed: that is why he says, 'Thou art Aditi, the double-headed.'
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 (6)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Indian Art: A History of Indian Art from the Earliest Times up to the Third Century A.D. — V. S. Agrawala, English
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Adhvarakāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English