Shatapatha Brahmana 8.6.1.17
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.6.1.17
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- Sanskrit
8.6.1.17
atha dakṣiṇataḥ | ayaṃ dakṣiṇā viśvakarmetyayaṃ vai vāyurviśvakarmā yo 'yam pavata eṣa hīdaṃ sarvaṃ karoti tadyattamāha dakṣiṇeti tasmādeṣa dakṣiṇaiva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ vāti tasya rathasvanaśca rathecitraśca senānīgrāmaṇyāviti graiṣmau tāvṛtū menakā ca sahajanyā cāpsarasāviti dikcopadiśā ceti ha smāha māhitthirime tu te dyāvāpṛthivī yātudhānā hetī rakṣāṃsi prahetiriti yātudhānā haivātra hetī rakṣāṃsi prahetistebhyo namo astviti tasyokto bandhuḥ
He said to them, 'Come ye to me and restore ye to me wherewith ye are going from me!'--'What will accrue unto us therefrom?'--'That (part) of my body shall be sacred unto you!'--'So be it!' So Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman restored that (part) unto him.
Translations (1)
- The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44) — Julius Eggeling 1882, English
Commentaries (2)
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Harisvāmin) — Harisvāmin, Sanskrit
- Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit
Linked texts (2)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English
- The Hindu Temple — Stella Kramrisch, English