Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.1.7
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.1.7
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.2.1.7
gartanvānyūpo 'tīkṣṇāgro bhavati | pitṛdevatyo vai gartaḥ pitṛlokamevai saptadaśāratnirbhavati saptadaśo vai prajāpatistatprajāpatimujjayati
The post has a hollow (at the top), and is not pointed at the end; for the hollow is sacred to the Fathers: he thus gains the world of the Fathers. It is seventeen cubits long, for Pragâpati is seventeen-fold: he thus wins Pragâpati.
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 (3)
- The Religion and Philosophy of the Veda and Upanishads — Arthur Berriedale Keith, English
- Die Religion des Veda — Hermann Oldenberg, German
- Śatapatha — Sanskrit