Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.1.1.13

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.1.1.13

Language: Sanskrit

5.1.1.13

rājā vai rājasūyeneṣṭvā bhavati | samrāṅvājapeyenāvaraṃ hi rājyam paraṃ sāmrājyaṃ kāmayeta vai rājā samrāḍ bhavitumavaraṃ hi rājyam paraṃ sāmrājyaṃ na samrāṭkāmayeta rājā bhavitumavaraṃ hi rājyam paraṃ sāmrājyam

For by offering the Râgasûya he becomes king, and by the Vâgapeya (he becomes) emperor (samrâg); and the office of king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher: a king might indeed wish to become emperor, for the office of king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher; but the emperor would not wish to become king, for the office of king is the lower, and that of emperor the higher.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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

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