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 6.3.1.18
yasya prayāṇamanvanya idyayuriti | prajāpatirvā etadagre karmākarottattato devā akurvandevā devasya mahimānamojaseti yajño vai mahimā devā devasya yajñaṃ vīryamojasetyetadyaḥ pārthivāni vimame sa etaśa iti yadvai kiṃ cāsyāṃ tatpārthivaṃ tadeṣa sarva vimimīte raśmibhirhyenadabhyavatanoti rajāṃsi devaḥ savitā mahitvanetīme vai lokā rajāṃsyasāvādityo devaḥ savitā tāneṣa mahimnā vimimīte
Preview of English translation:
18. [Vajasaneyi Samhita XI, 6; Rik S. V, 81, 3] “Whose course the others have followed,”—for Prajapati first performed this rite, whereupon the gods performed it;—“the gods with vigour, the god’s greatness,”—the greatness is the sacrifice, thus: “the gods with vigour (followed) the god’s sacrifice, his energy;”—“that dappled steed who hath measured the terrestrial (regions),”—whatsoever is on this earth that is terrestrial, all that he measures out; for with his rays he reaches down to it;—“the regions, he the god Savitri by his greatness,”—the regions are these worlds, and the god Savitri is yonder sun: he measures them by his greatness.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 6.3.1.18
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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