Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.4.1.22
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.4.1.22
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- Sanskrit
3.4.1.22
athādharāraṇiṃ nidadhāti | urvaśyasītyathottarāraṇyājyavilāpanīmupaspṛśatyāyurasīti tāmabhinidadhāti purūravā asītyurvaśī vā apsarāḥ purūravāḥ patiratha yattasmānmithunādajāyata tadāyurevamevaiṣa etasmanmithunādyajñaṃ janayatyathāhāgnaye mathyamānāyānubrūhīti
Thereon he lays the lower churning-stick (with the top to the north), with, 'Thou art Urvasî!' He then touches the (ghee in the) ghee-pan with the upper churning-stick, with, 'Thou art Âyu,' he puts it down (on the lower arani) with, 'Thou art Purûravas.' For Urvasî was a nymph, and Purûravas was her husband; and the (child) which sprung from that union was Âyu: in like manner does he now produce the sacrifice from that union. Thereupon he says (to the Hotri), 'Recite to Agni, as he is churned!'
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 (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Adhvarakāṇḍa — Sanskrit