Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.8.2.17
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.8.2.17
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- Sanskrit
3.8.2.17
kārṣmaryamayyau vapāśrapaṇyau bhavataḥ | yatra vai devā agre paśumālebhire tadudīcaḥ kṛṣyamāṇasyāvāṇnedhaḥ papāta sa eṣa vanaspatirajāyata tadyatkṛṣyamāṇasyāvāṅapatattasmātkārṣmaryastenaivainametanmedhena samardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti tasmātkārṣmaryamayyau vapāśrapaṇyau bhavataḥ
The two omentum-spits are made of kârshmarya wood. For when the gods in the beginning seized (slew) a victim, then, as it was drawn upwards, its sacrificial essence flowed downwards, and from it sprang a tree; and because it flowed down from the (victim) as it was drawn (karsh) upwards, therefore (it became) a kârshmarya tree. With that same sacrificial essence he now perfects it, and makes it whole; therefore the two omentum-spits are of kârshmarya wood.
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English