Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.6.3.8
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.6.3.8
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- Sanskrit
8.6.3.8
atha punaścitimupadadhāti | etadvai devā gārhapatyaṃ citvā tasminrāddhiṃ nāpaśyanyonirvai gārhapatyā citireṣo vai yone rāddhiryadretaḥ prajātistasyāmetasyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ nāpaśyan
He then lays down the Punaskiti. Now at that time the gods, having built the Gârhapatya, did not find success therein; for the Gârhapatya pile is a womb, and success in a womb consists in seed, in generative power; and in this womb they saw no seed, no generative power.
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