Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.4.1.45
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.4.1.45
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- Sanskrit
7.4.1.45
tadāhuḥ | naitasya puruṣasya bāhū kuryādetau vā asya bāhū ye ete srucau nedatirecayānīti sa vai kuryādevaitau vā asya bāhū anvete srucāvatho etau pakṣāvatho yānyetasminnagnau rūpāṇyupadhāsyanbhavati yāntstomānyāni pṛṣṭhāni yāni candāṃsyetayoreva sā saṃskṛtiretayorvṛddhistasmādu kuryādevaitasya puruṣasya bāhū
As to this they say, 'Let him make no arms to this (gold) man, lest he should cause him to be redundant; for these two spoons are (in lieu of) his arms.' Let him nevertheless make (him with arms), for those two spoons are (merely) after the manner of the two arms. Moreover, those two (arms of Agni) are wings; and whatever forms, whatever stomas, whatever prishthas, whatever metres he will be applying to that fire-altar, that will be the perfection, that will be the growth of those two: let him therefore make arms to that (gold) man.
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)
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit