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 8.4.1.4
yadveva stomānupadadhāti | etadvai devāḥ prajāpatimabruvaṃstvāmihopadadhāmahā iti tatheti sa vai nābravītkim me tato bhaviṣyatīti yadu ha kiṃ ca prajāpatirdeveṣvīṣe kimasmākaṃ tato bhaviṣyatītyevocustasmādu haitadyatpitā putreṣvicate kimasmākaṃ tato bhaviṣyatītyevāhuratha yatputrāḥ pitari tathetyevāhaivaṃ hi tadagre prajāpatiśca devāśca samavadanta stomānupadadhāti prāṇā vai stomāḥ prāṇā u vai prajāpatiḥ prajāpatimevaitadupadadhāti
Preview of English translation:
4. And, again, as to why he lays down the Stomas. The gods, at that time, said to Prajapati, “We will lay thee down here! So be it!” He did not say, “What will therefrom accrue unto me?” but whenever Prajapati wished to obtain anything from the gods, they said, “What will therefrom accrue to us?” And hence even now if a father wishes to obtain anything from his sons, they say, “What will therefrom accrue unto us?” and when the sons (wish to obtain anything) from the father, he says, “So be it!” for in this way Prajapati and the gods used of old to converse together. He lays down the Stomas: the stomas being the vital airs, and Prajapati also being the vital airs, it is Prajapati he thus lays down.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 8.4.1.4
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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