Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.7.4.4
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.7.4.4
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- Sanskrit
6.7.4.4
vidnā te agne tredhā trayāṇīti | agnirvāyurāditya etāni hāsya tāni tredhā trayāṇi vidnā te dhāma vibhṛtā purutreti yadidam bahudhā vihriyate vidnā te nāma paramaṃ guhā yaditi yaviṣṭha iti vā asya tannāma paramaṃ guhā vidnā tamutsaṃ yata ājaganthetyāpo vā utso 'dbhyo vā eṣa prathamamājagāma samudre tvā numaṇā apsvantariti prajāpatirvai nṛmaṇā apsu tvā prajāpatirityetannṛcakṣā īdhe divo agna ūdhanniti prajāpatirvai nṛcakṣā āpo diva ūdhastṛtīye tvā rajasi tasthivāṃsamiti dyaurvai tṛtīyaṃ rajo 'pāmupasthe mahiṣā avardhanniti prāṇā vai mahiṣā divi tvā prāṇā avardhannityetat
'We know, O Agni, thy threefold three,'--Agni, Vâyu (wind), Âditya (sun), these are his three in three forms;--'We know thy manifold scattered sites,'--inasmuch as he (Agni) is here distributed many ways;--'we know thy highest name which is in secret,'--'the youngest,' that indeed is his highest name in secret;--'we know that source whence thou art come;'--the source, doubtless, is the (heavenly) waters, for from the waters he first came.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit