Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.7.1.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.7.1.6
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- Sanskrit
6.7.1.6
kṛṣṇājine niṣyūto bhavati | yajño vai kṛṣṇājinaṃ yajño vā etaṃ yantumarhati yajñenaitaṃ devā abibharuryajñenaivaitametadbibharti lomataścandāṃsi vai lomāni candāṃsi vā etaṃ yantumarhanti candobhiretaṃ devā abibharuścandobhirevainametadbibharti
It is sown up in a black antelope's skin; for the black antelope skin is the sacrifice, and the sacrifice is able to sustain that (Agni): by means of the sacrifice the gods carried him, and by means of the sacrifice he now carries him;--with the hair (inside), for the hair are the metres, and the metres are indeed able to sustain him: by the metres the gods carried him, and by the metres he now carries 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
Linked texts (2)
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit