Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.1.3
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.1.3
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- Sanskrit
7.2.1.3
te cetayamānāḥ | etā iṣṭakā apaśyannairṛtīstā upādadhata tābhistattamaḥ pāpmānamapāghnata pāpmā vai nirṛtistadyadetābhiḥ pāpmānaṃ nirṛtima pāghnata tasmādetā nairṛtyaḥ
Whilst meditating, they saw those Nirriti bricks; they piled them up, and by them dispelled that darkness, evil; for Nirriti (corruption, or destruction) is evil; and inasmuch as by them they dispelled Nirriti, evil, these are Nirriti's (bricks).
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