Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.1.14

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.1.14

Language: Sanskrit

3.3.1.14

sā yā babhruḥ piṅgākṣī | sā somakrayaṇyatha yā rohiṇī sā vārtraghnī yāmidaṃ rājā saṃgrāmaṃ jitvodākurute 'tha yā rohiṇī śyetākṣī sā pitṛdevatyā yāmidam pitṛbhyo ghnanti

The brown one, with red-brown eyes, is the Soma-cow; and that ruddy one is the Vritra-killer's (India's) own, whom the king here chooses for himself after winning the battle; and the ruddy one with reddish-white eyes is the Fathers' own whom they slay here for the Fathers.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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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)

Adhvarakāṇḍa — Sanskrit