Shatapatha Brahmana 9.1.2.38
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.1.2.38
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- Sanskrit
9.1.2.38
vāmadevyamātman | prāṇo vai vāmadevyaṃ vāyuru prāṇaḥ sarveṣāmu haiṣa devānāmātmā yadvāyurvāyumevāsyaitadātmānaṃ karotyatho ātmānamevāsyaitadanasthikamamṛtaṃ karoti
The Vâmadevya (hymn he sings) on the body (of the altar); for the Vâmadevya is the breath, and the breath is air (vâyu, the wind), and he, Vâyu, doubtless, is the self (body) of all the gods: he thus makes the air (wind) his body, and that body of his he thus makes boneless and immortal.
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)
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit