Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.3.2.7
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.3.2.7
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- Sanskrit
9.3.2.7
etadvai devā abruvan | kenemānkāmānpratigrahīṣyāma ityātmanaivetyabruvanyajño vai devānāmātmā yajña u eva yajamānasya sa yadāha yajñena kalpantamityātmanā me kalpantāmityevaitadāha
The gods now spake, 'Through whom shall we receive these objects of desire? By our own self,' they said; for the sacrifice is the self of the gods, and so is the sacrifice that of the Sacrificer; and when he says, 'By the sacrifice they shall prosper!' he means to say, 'By my own self they shall prosper!'
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)
- Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power in the Indian Theory of Government — Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, English