Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.1.3.14
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.1.3.14
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- Sanskrit
6.1.3.14
tamabravīdaśanirasīti | tadyadasya tannāmākarodvidyuttadrūpamabhavadvidyudvā aśanistasmādyaṃ vidyuddhantyaśanirabadhīdityāhuḥ so 'bravījjyāyānvā ato 'smi dhehyeva me nāmeti
He said to him, 'Thou art Asani.' And because he gave him that name, the lightning became suchlike, for Asani is the lightning: hence they say of him whom the lightning strikes, 'Asani has smitten him.' He said, 'Surely, I am mightier than that: give me yet a name!'
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