Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.4.5.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.4.5.1
- Language
- Sanskrit
5.4.5.1
varuṇāddha vā abhiṣiṣicānādbhargo 'pacakrāma | vīryaṃ vai bharga eṣa viṣṇuryajñaḥ so 'smādapacakrāma śaśvadya eṣo 'pāṃ rasaḥ sambhṛto bhavati yenainametadabhiṣiñcati so 'sya bhargaṃ nirjaghāna
Now when Varuna was consecrated, his lustre departed from him,--lustre means vigour: that Vishnu, the Sacrifice, it was he that departed from him,--probably that collected essence of the waters wherewith he is anointed on that occasion, drove out his lustre.
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)
- Indian Philosophy — S. Radhakrishnan, English
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English