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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 4.3.4.21
athaivamevopasadya | ātreyāya hiraṇyaṃ dadāti yatra vā adaḥ prātaranuvākamanvāhustaddha smaitatpurā śaṃsantyatrirvā ṛṣīṇāṃ hotāsāthaitatsado 'suratamasamabhipupruve ta ṛṣayo trimabruvannehi pratyaṅṅidaṃ tamo'pajahīti sa etattamo'pāhannayaṃ vai jyotirya idaṃ tamo'pābadhīditi tasmā etajjyotirhiraṇyaṃ dakṣiṇāmanayajjyotirhi hiraṇyaṃ tadvai sa tattejasā vīryeṇarṣistamo 'pajaghānāthaiṣa etenaivaitajjyotiṣā tamo'pahanti tasmādātreyāya hiraṇyaṃ dadhāti
Preview of English translation:
21. Then, approaching in the same way, he gives some gold to an Atreya. For, at the time when they recite the morning prayer, they were once upon a time singing praises here in front. Now Atri was the Hotri of the Rishis. Then the darkness of the Asuras came rushing into the Sadas. The Rishis said to Atri, “Come back here, and dispel this darkness!” He dispelled that darkness; and thinking, “He indeed is the light who has dispelled this darkness,” they brought him this light, gold, for a sacrificial gift,—for gold is indeed light; and by that same splendour and energy the Rishi dispelled the darkness. And so does he now also dispel the darkness by that light: therefore he bestows gold on an Atreya.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 4.3.4.21
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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