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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 6.3.1.20
imaṃ no deva savitaryajñam praṇayeti | asau vā ādityo devaḥ savitā yadu vā eṣa yajñiyaṃ karma praṇayati tadanārtaṃ svastyudṛcamaśnute devāvyamiti yo devānavadityetatsakhividaṃ satrājitaṃ dhanajitaṃ svarjitamiti ya etatsarvaṃ vindādityetadṛcetyṛcā stomaṃ samardhaya gāyatreṇa rathantaram bṛhadgāyatravartanīti sāmāni svāheti yajūṃṣi saiṣā trayī vidyā prathamaṃ jāyate yathaivādo'mutrājāyataivamatha yaḥ so'gnirasṛjyataiṣa sa yo'ta ūrdhvamagniścīyate
Preview of English translation:
20. [Vajasaneyi Samhita XI, 8] “Further, O god Savitri, this our sacrifice!”—the god Savitri is yonder sun, and whatever sacrificial rite he furthers, that reaches its end safely and auspiciously;—“as one pleasant to the gods,”—that is, as one which shall please the gods;—“friend-gaining, ever-winning, wealth-winning, heaven-winning,”—that is, one that may gain all this;—“Make the hymn-tune successful with the ric (verse), the Rathantara with the Gayatra (metre), and the Brihat, moving in Gayatra measures!”—thus the samans (hymns);—“Hail!” thus the sacrificial formulas: this threefold science is first produced, even as it was there and then produced. And the Agni who was produced, he is this Agni (fire-altar) who is built up from hence upwards.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 6.3.1.20
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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