Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.1.2.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.1.2.16
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4.1.2.16
antaste dyāvāpṛthivī dadhāmi | antardadhāmyurvantarikṣam sajūrdevebhiravaraiḥ paraiśceti tadenaṃ vaiśvadevaṃ karoti tadyadenenemāḥ prajāḥ prāṇatyaścodanatyaścāntarikṣamanucaranti tena vaiśvadevo 'ntaryāme maghavanmādayasvetīndro vai maghavānindro yajñasya netā tasmādāha maghavannityatha yadantarantariti gṛhṇātyantastvātmandadha ityevaitadāha
'Into thee I lay day and night; into thee I lay the wide air: allied with the gods, the lower and the higher,'--thereby he makes this (graha) one belonging to all the gods: because by means of it these creatures move about in the air breathing out and breathing in, therefore it belongs to all the gods.--'Delight thyself in the Antaryâma, O mighty one!' the mighty one is Indra, and Indra is the leader of the sacrifice, wherefore he says 'O mighty one!' and in that he draws it with 'into--into,' thereby he means to say 'I lay thee into his (Indra's) self.'
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