Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.3.4.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.3.4.6
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.3.4.6
atha yaḥ pratyaṅṅudardati | taṃ gṛhṇāti vṛṣaseno 'si rāṣṭradā rāṣṭram me dehi svāhā vṛṣaseno 'si rāṣṭradā rāṣṭramamuṣmai dehīti tābhirabhiṣiñcati vīryaṃ vā etadapāmudardati paśau vā puruṣe vābhyavete vīryeṇaivainametadabhiṣiñcatyetā vā ekā āpastā evaitatsambharati
He then catches up that (wave) which rises up behind him with, 'Thou art the lord of a host of males, a bestower of kingship: bestow kingship on me, hail!--Thou art the lord of a host of males, a bestower of kingship: bestow kingship on N.N.!' With that (water) he sprinkles; for indeed that is the vigour of the water which rises when either beast or man plunges into it: it is with vigour he thus sprinkles him. This is one kind of water: it is that he now brings.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times — K. P. Jayaswal, English