Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.5.1.24
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.5.1.24
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.5.1.24
tāṃ vai yugaśamyena vimimīte | yugena yatra haranti śamyayā yato haranti yugaśamyena vai yogyaṃ yuñjanti sā yadevādaḥ siṃhī bhūtvāśāntevācarattadevaināmetadyajñe yunakti
He measures it with the yoke and pin;--namely with the yoke (that place) whither they take (the earth); and with a yoke-pin that, from whence they take (the earth), for the team is harnessed with the yoke and the pin: it is because she (Vâk), as a lioness, at that time roamed about unappeased that he thus yokes her here at the sacrifice.
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