Shatapatha Brahmana 8.3.1.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.3.1.2

Language: Sanskrit

8.3.1.2

te 'bruvan | cetayadhvamiti citimicateti vāva tadabruvannita ūrdhvamicateti te cetayamānā antarikṣameva bṛhatīṃ tṛtīyāṃ citimapaśyaṃstebhya eṣa loko 'candayat

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.'
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