Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.3.1.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.3.1.8
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- Sanskrit
8.3.1.8
indrāgnī avyathamānām | iṣṭakāṃ dṛṃhataṃ yuvamiti yathaiva yajustathā bandhuḥ pṛṣṭhena dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ ca vibādhasa iti pṛṣṭhena hyeṣā dyāvāpṛthivī antarikṣaṃ ca vibādhate
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 (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit