Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.8.2.6
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.8.2.6
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6.8.2.6
athāpādatte | tadyadatrāgneyaṃ tadetadadbhyo 'dhi janayatyanayānayā vai bheṣajaṃ kriyate 'nayaivainametatsambharati prasadya bhasmanā yonimapaśca pṛthivīmagna iti prasanno hyeṣa bhasmanā yonimapaśca pṛthivīṃ ca bhavati saṃsṛjya mātṛbhiṣṭvaṃ jyotiṣmānpunarāsada iti saṃgatya mātṛbhiṣṭvaṃ jyotiṣmānpunarāsada ityetatpunarāsadya sadanam punarūrjā saha rayyetyetena māsarveṇābhinivartasvetyetat
He then takes some (of the ashes) therefrom: he thereby reproduces from the waters what there is of Agni's nature in that (heap of ashes). [He takes it] with that (nameless or little finger), for with that (finger) medicine is prepared: it is with that one he thus puts him (Agni) together. [Vâg. S. XII, 38-41] 'Having settled in the womb, as ashes, in the waters, and the earth, O Agni,'--by his ashes he is, indeed, settled in the womb, that is, both in the waters and in the earth;--'having united with the mothers, thou hast again, brightly shining, seated thee;'--that is, 'Having joined thy mothers, thou, the shining one, hast again seated thyself (in thy home).'--'Having again seated thee in thy seat, the waters and the earth, O Agni, thou liest in her (the earth, or pan) most happy, as in a mother's lap.'--'Return again with sustenance, again, O Agni, with food and life; guard us again from trouble!--With wealth return, O Agni, overflow with the all-feeding stream on every side!'--that is, 'With all this return thou to me!'
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 (3)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa — Sanskrit