Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.8.4.18
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.8.4.18
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- Sanskrit
3.8.4.18
athātyupayajati | sa yannātyupayajedyāvatyo haivāgre prajāḥ sṛṣṭāstāvatyo haiva syurna prajāyerannatha yadatyupayajati praivaitajjanayati tasmādimāḥ prajāḥ punarabhyāvartam prajāyante
He then makes additional by-offerings (atiupayag). Were he not to make additional by-offerings, there would only be as many living beings as were created in the beginning; they would not be propagated; but by making additional by-offerings he indeed propagates them; whence creatures are again born here repeatedly.
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