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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 6.3.3.13
athainamutkramayati | etadvai devā abruvankimimamabhyutkramiṣyāma iti mahatsaubhagamiti tam mahatsaubhagamabhyudakramayaṃstathaivainamayametanmahatsaubhagamabhyutkr amayatyutkrāma mahate saubhagāyetyutkrāma mahatte saubhagamityetattasmādu haitadaśvaḥ paśūnām bhagitamo'smādāsthānāditi yatraitattiṣṭhasītyetaddraviṇodā iti draviṇaṃ hyebhyo dadāti vājinniti vājī hyeṣa vayaṃ syāma sumatau pṛthivyā agniṃ khananta upasthe asyā iti vayamasmai pṛthivyai sumatau syāmāgnimasyā upasthe khananta ityetat
Preview of English translation:
13. He then makes it step off (the lump of clay);—for the gods now said, “What shall we cause it to obtain?”—“Great beauty!”—They caused it to obtain great beauty; and in like manner does this one now cause it to obtain great beauty,—with (Vajasaneyi Samhita XI, 21), “Go thou unto great beauty!”—that is, “Go to thy great beauty!” and therefore, indeed, the horse is the most highly-favoured of animals;—“from this standing-place,”—that is, “where thou now standest;”—“wealth-giver!”—for wealth it does give them;—“Courser!”—for this is a courser;—“May we be in the Earth’s favour, whilst Agni we dig in her lap!”—that is, “May we be in the favour of this earth, whilst digging (for) Agni in her lap!”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 6.3.3.13
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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