Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.1.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.1.4
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- Sanskrit
3.7.1.4
sa yavānāvapati | yavo 'si yavayāsmaddveṣo yavayārātīriti nātra tirohitamivāstyatha prokṣatyeko vai prokṣaṇasya bandhurmedhyamevaitatkaroti
He throws the barley-corns in with, 'Thou art barley (yava), keep thou (yavaya) from us the haters, keep from us the enemies!' There is nothing obscure in this. He then sprinkles: the significance of the sprinkling is one and the same: he thereby renders it sacrificially pure.
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