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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 8.2.3.14
tāni vā etāni | catvāri vayāṃsi catvāri candāṃsi tadaṣṭāvaṣṭākṣarā gāyatryeṣā vai sā gāyatrī yā tadbhūtvā prajāpatiretānpaśūnvayasāpnottasmājjīrṇam paśuṃ vayasāpta ityācakṣate tasmādu sarvāsveva vayo vaya ityamuvartate'tha ye'smātte paśava udakrāmannete te pañcadaśottare vajro vai paśavo vajraḥ pañcadaśastasmādyasya paśavo bhavantyapaiva sa pāpmānaṃ hate vajro haiva tasya pāpmānamapahanti tasmādyāṃ kāṃ ca diśam paśumāneti vajravihitāṃ haiva tāmanveti
Preview of English translation:
14. These then are four kinds of vigour, and four metres; this (makes) eight,—the Gayatri consists of eight syllables: this, assuredly, is that same Gayatri in the form of which Prajapati then, by his vigour, overtook those cattle; whence they say of worn-out cattle that they are overtaken by vigour (or, age), and hence (the word) “vigour” recurs with all (these bricks). And those cattle which went away from him (Prajapati) are these fifteen other (formulas): the cattle are a thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt is fifteenfold: whence he who possesses cattle, drives off the evildoer, for the thunderbolt drives off the evildoer for him. And in whatever direction, therefore, the possessor of cattle goes, that he finds torn up by the thunderbolt.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.2.3.14
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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