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 5.4.2.5
so'nuvimṛṣṭe | pra parvatasya vṛṣabhasya pṛṣṭhāditi yathāyam parvato'tiṣṭhāvā yatharṣabhaḥ paśūnatiṣṭhāvaivaṃ vā eṣa idaṃ sarvamatitiṣṭhatyarvāgevāsmādidaṃ sarvam bhavati yo rājasūyena yajate tasmādāha pra parvatasya vṛṣabhasya pṛṣṭhānnāvaścaranti svasica iyānāḥ tā āvavṛtrannadharāgudaktā ahim budhnyamanu rīyamāṇā iti
Preview of English translation:
5. He rubs it over himself, with (Vajasaneyi Samhita X, 19), Forth from the back of the mountain, of the bull,'—even as the mountain stands out here, even as the bull stands out beyond the cattle, so does he who performs the Rajasuya stand out beyond everything here, and everything here is below him: therefore he says, “Forth from the back of the mountain, of the bull,”—“The ships keep moving, the self-pouring; they, the upwards bent, have turned back downwards, flowing after the dragon of the deep.”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 5.4.2.5
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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