Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.2.9
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.2.9
- Language
- Sanskrit
7.2.2.9
sa dakṣiṇārdhenāgneḥ | antareṇa pariśritaḥ prācīm prathamāṃ sītāṃ kṛṣati śunaṃ su phālā vikṛṣantu bhūmiṃ śunaṃ kīnāśā abhiyantu vāhairiti śunaṃ śunamiti yadvai samṛddhaṃ tacunaṃ samardhayatyevaināmetat
On the right (south) side of the fire-altar, he ploughs first a furrow eastwards inside the enclosing-stones, with (Vâr. S. XII, 69; Rik S. IV, 57, 8), 'Right luckily may the plough-shares plough up the ground, luckily the tillers ply with their oxen!'--'luckily--luckily,' he says, 'for what is successful that is lucky:' he thus makes it (the furrow) successful.
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- History of Technology in India, Vol. I: From Antiquity to c. 1200 A.D. — A. K. Bag, English