Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.1.26

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.1.26

Language: Sanskrit

3.7.1.26

taṃ vai pūrvārdhe minoti | vajro vai yūpo vajro daṇḍaḥ pūrvārdhaṃ vai daṇḍasyābhipadya praharati pūrvārdha eṣa yajñasya tasmātpūrvārdhe minoti

That (sacrificial stake) he sets up on the fore-part (of the altar); for the stake is a thunderbolt, as the club is a thunderbolt. But in hurling the club one takes hold of its fore-part; and that (stake) is the fore-part of the sacrifice; therefore he sets it up on the fore-part (of the altar).
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