Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.4.3.12
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.4.3.12
- Language
- Sanskrit
8.4.3.12
navadaśabhirastuvateti | daśa hastyā aṅgulayo nava prāṇāstaireva tadastuvata śūdrāryāvasṛjyetāmiti śūdrāryāvatrāsṛjyetāmahorātre adhipatnī āstāmityahorātre atrādhipatnī āstām
'With nineteen they sang praises,'--there are ten fingers, and nine vital airs: it is with these they then sang praises;--'the Sûdra and Ârya were created,'--the Sûdra and Ârya indeed were now created;--'the day and night were the rulers!'--the day and night indeed were now the rulers.
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
- Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600 — R. S. Sharma, English