Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.1.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.1.6
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- Sanskrit
5.2.1.6
gaudhūmaṃ caṣālam bhavati | puruṣo vai prajāpaternediṣṭhaṃ so 'yamatvagete vai puruṣasyauṣadhīnāṃ nediṣṭhatamāṃ yadgodhūmāsteṣāṃ na tvagasti manuṣyalokamevaitenojjayati
There is a wheaten head-piece on it; for man is nearest to Pragâpati, and he is skinless. And among plants wheat comes nearest to man, (for) it has no skin: thus he thereby wins the world of men.
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
- Śatapatha — Sanskrit