Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.6.7.10
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.6.7.10
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- Sanskrit
4.6.7.10
evamevaitaddhavirdhānam pariśrayanti | etasmai mithunāya tira ivedam mithunaṃ caryātā iti vyṛddhaṃ vā etanmithunaṃ yadanyaḥ paśyati tasmādyadyapi jāyāpatī mithunaṃ carantau paśyanti vyeva dravata āga eva kurvāte tasmādadvāreṇa havirdhānam prekṣamāṇam brūyānmā prekṣathā iti yathā ha mithunaṃ caryamāṇam paśyedevaṃ tatkāmaṃ dvāreṇa devakṛtaṃ hi dvāram
In like manner they enclose the Havirdhâna on all sides with a view to that generation, thinking, 'Quite secretly this generation shall be carried on!' for improper, indeed, is the generation which another sees: hence even when a husband and wife are seen, while carrying on intercourse, they run away from each other, for they give offence. Therefore to any one looking into the Havirdhâna, except through the door, let him say, 'Look not!' for it is as if he were seeing intercourse being carried on. Freely (one may look) through the door, for the door is made by the gods.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English