Pramāṇa · Search · About · API

Shatapatha Brahmana 9.5.1.51

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.5.1.51

Language
Sanskrit

9.5.1.51

aṣṭau vaiśvakarmaṇāni juhoti | aṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī gāyatro 'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametadannena prīṇāti

Eight Vaisvakarmana (oblations) he offers,--the Gâyatrî consists of eight syllables, and Agni is of Gâyatra nature: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, by so much food he thus gratifies him.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

Translations (1)

Commentaries (2)