Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.4.2.26
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.4.2.26
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7.4.2.26
yadveva viśvajyotiṣamupadadhāti | prajā vai viśvajyotiḥ prajā hyeva viśvaṃ jyotiḥ prajananamevaitadupadadhāti tāmanantarhitāṃ retaḥsigbhyāmupadadhātyāṇḍau vai retaḥsicāvanantarhitāṃ tadāṇḍābhyām prajātiṃ dadhātyantarevopadadhātyantareva hyāṇḍau prajāḥ prajāyante
And, again, why he lays down an 'all-light' (brick);--the 'all-light' (brick) is progeny, for progeny is all the light: he thus lays generative power (into Agni). He lays it down so as not to be separated from the seed-shedding (bricks),--the seed-shedders being the testicles, he thus makes the generative power inseparable from the testicles. He lays it down between (those two), for within the testicles progeny is produced.
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