Shatapatha Brahmana 5.5.5.1
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.5.5.1
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- Sanskrit
5.5.5.1
aindravaiṣṇavaṃ dvādaśakapālam puroḍāśaṃ nirvapati | tadyadetayā yajate vṛtre ha vā idamagre sarvanāma yadṛco yadyajūṃṣi yatsāmāni tasmā indro vajram prājihīrṣat
He prepares a cake on twelve potsherds for Indra and Vishnu. Now as to why he makes this offering. Of old, everything here was within Vritra, to wit, the Rik, the Yagus, and the Sâman. Indra wished to hurl the thunderbolt at him.
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