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 7.2.2.21
athainānvimuñcati | āptvā taṃ kāmaṃ yasmai kāmāyainānyuṅkte vimucyadhvamaghnyā ityaghnyā haite devatrā devayānā iti daivaṃ hyebhiḥ karma karotyaganma tamasaspāramasyetyaśanāyā vai tamo'ganmāsyā aśanāyāyai pāramityetajjyotirāpāmeti jyotirhyāpnoti yo devānyo yajñamathainānudīcaḥ prācaḥ prasṛjati tasyokto bandhustānadhvaryave dadāti sa hi tai karoti tāṃstu dakṣiṇānāṃ kāle'nudiśet
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21. Having gained the object for which he yokes those (oxen), he now unyokes them, with (Vajasaneyi Samhita XII, 73), “Be ye unyoked, ye inviolable (oxen)!” for inviolable they indeed are with the gods;—“Ye god ward-striding!” for with them he performs the divine work;—“We have come to the end of this gloom;”—gloom doubtless means famine: thus, “we have come to the end of this famine;”—“we have attained the light!” for he who attains the gods, the sacrifice, indeed attains the light. He then lets them loose towards north-east—the significance of this has been explained. He gives them to the Adhvaryu, for it is he that does the work with them: let him assign them (to him) at the time of (the presentation of) the Dakshinas.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.2.2.21
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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