Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.1.24
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.3.1.24
- Language
- Sanskrit
6.3.1.24
anaddhāpuruṣam puruṣāt | eṣa ha vā anaddhāpuruṣo yo na devānavati na pitṝnna manuṣyāṃstatsarvairaha paśubhiranvaicanno yātayāmā anupajīvanīyā abhavan
The sham-man (they saw to be a substitute) for man,--a sham-man doubtless is he who pleases neither the gods, nor the fathers, nor men. Thus they searched by means of all the beasts, and yet they (the beasts) did not come to be used up and affording no livelihood.
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 (4)
- The Religions of India — Edward Washburn Hopkins, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- The Inner Conflict of Tradition: Essays in Indian Ritual, Kingship, and Society — J. C. Heesterman, English
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit