Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.1.7
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.1.7
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- Sanskrit
7.2.1.7
pādamātryo bhavanti | adhaspadameva tatpāpmānaṃ nirṛtiṃ kurute 'lakṣaṇā bhavanti yadvai nāsti tadalakṣaṇamasantameva tatpāpmānaṃ nirṛtiṃ kurute tuṣapakvā bhavanti nairṛtā vai tuṣā nairṛtaireva tannairṛtaṃ karma karoti kṛṣṇā bhavanti kṛṣṇaṃ hi tattama āsīdatho kṛṣṇā vai nirṛtiḥ
They measure a foot (square): he thus treads evil, corruption, under foot. They are unmarked; for whatever is not, that is unmarked (by characteristics): he thus makes evil, corruption to be non-existent. They get baked by (rice) husks, for husks belong to Nirriti: by Nirriti's own (objects) he thus performs Nirriti's rite. They are black, for black was that darkness; and black in truth is Nirriti (corruption).
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)
- Mānasāra Series (I. A Dictionary of Hindu Architecture; II. Indian Architecture according to Mānasāra-Śilpaśāstra; III. Mānasāra on Architecture and Sculpture: Sanskrit Text; IV. Architecture of Mānasāra: Translation; V. Architecture of Mānasāra: Illustrations; VI. Hindu Architecture in India and Abroad; VII. An Encyclopaedia of Hindu Architecture) — Prasanna Kumar Acharya, English
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit