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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 7.4.2.20
tadāhuḥ | kathamasyaitāvātmānau prāṇena saṃtatāvavyavacinnau bhavata iti prāṇo vai svayamātṛṇā prāṇo dūrveṣṭakā yajamāno dviyajuḥ sa yadanantarhitāṃ svayamātṛṇāyai dūrveṣṭakāmupadadhāti prāṇeṇaiva tatprāṇaṃ saṃtanoti saṃdadhātyatha yadanantarhitāṃ dūrveṣṭakāyai dviyajuṣamupadadhāti prāṇo vai dūrveṣṭakā yajamāno dviyajurevamu hāsyaitāvātmānau prāṇena saṃtatāvavyavacinnau bhavataḥ
Preview of English translation:
20. Here now they say, “How do those two bodies of his come to be connected together by the breath, and not severed?” Well, the naturally-perforated (brick) is the breath, and the durva-brick is the breath, and the dviyajus (-brick) is the Sacrificer: and inasmuch as he lays down the durva-brick close to the naturally-perforated one, he thereby connects and joins breath with breath; and inasmuch as he lays down the dviyajus one close to the durva-brick—the durva-brick being the breath, and the dviyajus the Sacrificer—those two bodies of his (the human one and the divine one) thus become connected together by the breath, and not severed.
For a detailled translation, including proper diacritics and footnotes, go the full English translation.
Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.4.2.20
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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