Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.1.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.1.12
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- Sanskrit
3.3.1.12
sa saṃkhyāpayati | samakhye devyā dhiyā saṃ dakṣiṇayorucakṣasā mā ma āyuḥ pramoṣīrmo ahaṃ tava vīraṃ videya tava devi saṃdṛśītyāśiṣamevaitadāśāste putro vai vīraḥ putraṃ videya tava saṃdṛśītyevaitadāha
He causes her to be looked at (while she pronounces the text, Vâg. S. IV, 23), 'I have seen eye to eye with the divine intelligence, with the far-seeing Dakshinâ: take not my life from me, neither will I take thine; may I obtain a hero in thy sight!' She thereby asks a blessing: a hero meaning a son, she thereby means to say, 'May I obtain a son in thy sight!'
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 (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English
- Adhvarakāṇḍa — Sanskrit