Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.3.4.5
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.4.5
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.3.4.5
tā vā etāḥ | ṛtvijāmeva dakṣiṇā anyaṃ vā eta etasyātmānaṃ saṃskurvantyetaṃ yajñamṛṅmayaṃ yajurmayaṃ sāmamayamāhutimayaṃ so 'syāmuṣmiṃloka ātmā bhavati tadye mājījananteti tasmādṛtvigbhya eva dakṣiṇā dadyānnānṛtvigbhyaḥ
But it is to the officiating priests, forsooth, that these gifts of his belong, for they prepare him another self,--to wit, this sacrifice, consisting of Rik and Yagus and Sâman and oblations,--that becomes his self in yonder world: 'It is they that have generated me,' from this (consideration) he should give the gifts to officiating priests and not to non-officiating.
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 (2)
- Studies in the Purāṇic Records on Hindu Rites and Customs — R. C. Hazra, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English