Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.5.2.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.5.2.4
- Language
- Sanskrit
4.5.2.4
taṃ niruhyamāṇamabhimantrayate | ejatu daśamāsyo garbho jarāyuṇā saheti sa yadāhaijatviti prāṇamevāsminnetaddadhāti daśamāsya iti yadā vai garbhaḥ samṛddho bhavatyatha daśamāsyastametadapyadaśamāsyaṃ santam brahmaṇaiva yajuṣā daśamāsyaṃ karoti
When it is pulled out, he addresses it with (Vâg. S. VIII, 28), 'May the embryo of ten months move together with the caul!'--by saying, 'May it move,' he puts breath into it; and 'of ten months' he says, because when an embryo is full grown, then it is one of ten months: thus, even though it is not ten months old, he makes it one of ten months by means of the Brahman (prayer), the Yagus.
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)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English