Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.8.2.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.8.2.16
- Language
- Sanskrit
3.8.2.16
atha vapāmutkhidanti | tayā vapāśrapaṇyau prorṇauti ghṛtena dyāvāpṛthivī prorṇuvāthāmiti tadime dyāvāpṛthivī ūrjā rasena bhājayatyanayorūrjaṃ rasaṃ dadhāti te rasavatyā upajīvanīye imāḥ prajā upajīvanti
Thereupon they pull out the omentum, and envelop the two spits therein with, 'May ye envelop heaven and earth with ghee!' whereby he endows those two, heaven and earth, with strength and sap, and puts strength and sap into them; and upon those two, thus filled with sap and affording the means of subsistence, these creatures subsist.
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