Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.7.3.18
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.7.3.18
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8.7.3.18
divaspṛṣṭhe vyacasvatīm prathasvatīmiti | divo hyetatpṛṣṭhaṃ vyacasvatprathastaddivaṃ yaca divaṃ dṛṃha divam mā hiṃsīrityātmānaṃ yacātmānaṃ dṛṃhātmānam mā hiṃsīrityetat
'On the back of the sky, thee, the wide and broad one!'--for this (top of the altar) is indeed the back of the sky, and it is both wide and broad;--'Sustain thou the sky! make firm the sky! injure not the sky!'--that is, 'Sustain thy self, make firm thy self, injure not thy self (body)!'
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 (1)
- A Vedic Concordance — Maurice Bloomfield, English