Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.1.4.9
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.1.4.9
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5.1.4.9
atha savyāyugyaṃ yunakti | vātaraṃhā bhavavājinyujyamāna iti vātajavo bhava vājinyujyamāna ityevaitadāhendrasyeva dakṣiṇaḥ śriyaidhīti yathendrasya dakṣiṇaḥ śriyaivaṃ yajamānasya śriyaidhītyevaitadāha yuñjantu tvā maruto viśvavedasa iti yuñjantu tvā devā ityevaitadāha te tvaṣṭā patsu javaṃ dadhātviti nātra tirohitamivāstyatha dakṣiṇāpraṣṭiṃ yunakti savyāpraṣṭiṃ vā agre mānuṣe 'thaivaṃ devatrā
He then yokes the left horse, with (Vâg. S. IX, 8), 'Become thou swift as the wind, O courser, being yoked!'--thereby he says, 'Become quick as the wind, O courser, being yoked;'--'be thou as Indra's right (steed) in beauty!'--he thereby says, 'Even as Indra's right (steed) for beauty, so be thou that of the sacrificer for beauty!'--'May the all-knowing Maruts yoke thee!' he thereby says, 'may gods yoke thee!'--'May Tvashtri lay speed into thy feet!' in this there is nothing obscure. He then yokes the right side-horse; for in human (practice) they indeed yoke the left side-horse first, but with the gods in this way.
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 (4)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit
- Śatapatha — Sanskrit