Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.3.1.14
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.3.1.14
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8.3.1.14
rāñyasi prācī dik | virāḍasi dakṣiṇā dikṣamrāḍasi pratīcī dikṣvarāḍasyudīcī digadhipatnyasi bṛhatī digiti nāmānyāsāmetāni nāmagrāhamevainā etadupadadhāti tā nānopadadhāti nānā sādayati nānā sūdadohasādhivadati nānā hi diśaḥ
They said to Indra and Agni, 'Lay ye down for us this third layer!'--'What will accrue unto us therefrom? Ye two shall be the best of us!'--'So be it!' Accordingly Indra and Agni laid down for them that third layer; and hence people say, 'Indra and Agni are the best of gods.'
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)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit
- Vājasaneyimantra — Sanskrit