Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.3.1.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.3.1.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.3.1.12
tāni vā etāni | ekādaśa ratnāni sampādayatyekādaśākṣarā vai triṣṭubvīryaṃ triṣṭubvīryamevaitadratnānyabhisampādayati tadyadratnināṃ havirbhiryajata eteṣāṃ vai rājā bhavati tebhya evaitena sūyate tāntsvānanapakramiṇaḥ kurute
These are the eleven jewels (ratna) he completes; for of eleven syllables consists the Trishtubh, and the Trishtubh is vigour: it is for the sake of vigour that he completes the (eleven) jewels. Then as to why he performs the oblations of the Ratnins: it is their king he becomes; it is for them that he thereby is consecrated, and it is them he makes his own faithful followers.
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)
- Śatapatha — Sanskrit
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English