Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 9.5.1.16
Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.5.1.16
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- Sanskrit
9.5.1.16
te devāḥ | sarvaṃ satyamavadantsarvamasurā anṛtaṃ te devā āsakti satyaṃ vadanta aiṣāvīratarā ivāsuranāḍhyatarā iva tasmādu haitadya āsakti satyaṃ vadatyaiṣāvīratara ivaiva bhavatyanāḍhyatara iva sa ha tvevāntato bhavati devā hyevāntato 'bhavan
The gods spake nothing but truth, and the Asuras nothing but untruth. And the gods, speaking the truth diligently, were very contemptible, and very poor: whence he who speaks the truth diligently, becomes indeed very contemptible, and very poor; but in the end he assuredly prospers, for the gods indeed prospered.
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 (4)
- Vedic Index of Names and Subjects — Arthur A. Macdonell & A. Berriedale Keith, English
- Altindische Grammatik — Jacob Wackernagel & Albert Debrunner, German
- A History of Indian Literature — M. Winternitz, English
- Citikāṇḍa — Sanskrit