Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.6.3.19
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.6.3.19
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3.6.3.19
athānusṛjyopatiṣṭhate | etattvaṃ deva soma devo devān upāgā idamaham manuṣyāntsaha rāyaspoṣeṇetyagnīṣomau vā etamantarjambha ādadhāte yo dīkṣata āgnāvaiṣṇavaṃ hyado dīkṣaṇīyaṃ havirbhavati yo vai viṣṇuḥ somaḥ sa havirvā eṣa devānām bhavati yo dīkṣate tadenamantarjambha ādadhāte tatpratyakṣaṃ somānnirmucyate yadāhaitattvaṃ deva soma devo devān upāgā idamaham manuṣyāntsaha rāyaspoṣeṇeti bhūmā vai rāyaspoṣaḥ saha bhūmnetyevaitadāha
Having quitted his hold of him, he (the sacrificer) renders homage to him with, 'Now, O divine Soma, hast thou, a god, joined the gods, and here I the men with increase of wealth.' Now Agni and Soma have seized him who consecrates himself between their jaws, for that consecration-offering belongs to Agni and Vishnu, and Vishnu forsooth is no other than Soma; and he himself that consecrates himself is the food of the gods: thus they have seized him between their jaws, and he now expressly redeems himself from Soma, when he says, 'Now, O divine Soma, hast thou, a god, joined the gods, and here (have I joined) the men with increase of wealth;'--increase of wealth means abundance: 'with abundance' he thereby means to say.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English