Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.3.1.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.3.1.2

Language: Sanskrit

7.3.1.2

yadveva cite gārhapatye | acita āhavanīye 'tha rājānaṃ krīṇātyātmā vā agniḥ prāṇaḥ soma ātmaṃstatprāṇam madhyato dadhāti tasmādayamātmanprāṇo madhyataḥ

And as to why he buys the king when the Gârhapatya is built, and the Âhavanîya unbuilt,--Agni is the body, and Soma the vital air: he thus places the vital air in the middle of the body, and hence that vital air is in the middle of the body.
Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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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 (1)

Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit