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Satapatha-brahmana [sanskrit]
147,532 words | ISBN-10: 812080113X | ISBN-13: 9788120801134
The Sanskrit text of the Satapatha-brahmana: One of the largest works in the category of Vedic (Brahmaic) literature, narrating in extensive detail the various rites, constructions, chants and utensils to be used in Hindu ceremonies. Alternative titles: Śatapathabrāhmaṇa (शतपथब्राह्मण), Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa (शतपथ-ब्राह्मण) Shatapathabrahma (shatapatha).
Verse 4.3.4.20
athaivamupasadya | agnīdhe hiraṇyaṃ dadātyasmadrātā devatrā gacateti yāṃ vai rātamanā avicikitsandakṣiṇāṃ dadāti tayā mahajjayati devatrā gacateti devaloke me 'pyasaditi vai yajate yo yajate taddevaloka evainametadapitvinaṃ karoti pradātāramāviśateti māmāviśatetyevaitadāha tatho hāsmādetāḥ parācyo na praṇaśyanti tadyadagnīdhe prathamāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadātyato hi viśve devā amṛtatvamapājayaṃstasmādagnīdhe prathamāya dakṣiṇāṃ dadāti
Preview of English translation:
20. Having thus respectfully sat down by the Agnidh, he gives him the gold, with 'Given (rata) by us, go ye to the gods!'—for whatever sacrificial gift he gives unhesitatingly, with a liberal (rata) mind, thereby he gains great things, “Go ye to the gods,” he says, for he who sacrifices, sacrifices with the hope, “May there be a place for me in the world of the gods;” and he thus makes him a sharer in the world of the gods.—“Enter ye to the Giver!” whereby he means to say, “Enter ye into me!” and thus those (cows) do not get lost to him. And as to his giving a dakshina first to the Agnidh, it was from thence (from the Agnidhra) that all the gods gained immortality: therefore he gives the dakshina first to the Agnidh.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 4.3.4.20
The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)
2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
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The Satapatha Brahmana (3 volumes)
by Dr Jeet Ram Bhatt (2009)
Sanskrit Text with English Translation; 1726 pages; [Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers]; ISBN: 9788178541693
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The Satapatha Brahmana (With The Commentary of Sayanacarya and Harisvamin)
by Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (2002)
3483 pages; [शतपथ ब्राह्मणम्] According to the Madhyandina Recension; Commetaries: (1) Vedarthaprakash (Vedartha-prakasha) by Shrimat-Trayibhashyakar Sayanacharya, (2) Sarvavidyanidhana Kavindracharya Saraswati.
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Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)
236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]
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Cultural Study of the Satapatha Brahman (in Hindi)
by Dr. Urmila Devi Sharma (1982)
106 pages; Shatapatha Brahmana Ek Sanskritik Adhyan; [Publisher: Meharchand Lakshmandas Publications]
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