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 9.2.2.6
atha ṣoḍaśagṛhītaṃ gṛhṇīte | aṣṭau prāṇā aṣṭāvaṅgānyetāmabhisampadaṃ samānyāṃ sruci gṛhṇīte samāne hyevātmannaṅgāni ca prāṇāśca bhavanti nānā juhotyaṅgebhyaśca tatprāṇebhyaśca vidhṛtiṃ karoti vaiśvakarmaṇābhyāṃ juhoti viśvakarmāyamagnistamevaitatsaṃskaroti tisra āhutīrjuhoti trivṛdagniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametadannena saṃskaroti saptadaśabhirṛgbhiḥ saptadaśaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatiragniryāvānāgniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametatsaṃskarotyekaviṃśatigṛhītena dvādaśa māsāḥ pañca'rtavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśa etāmabhisampadam
Preview of English translation:
6. He then takes (ghee) in sixteen ladlings: eight vital airs, and eight limbs,—this (the symbolical) amount. He takes it in the same spoon, for, indeed, the vital airs and the limbs are in the same body. Separately he offers: he thereby makes a distinction between the vital airs and the limbs. With two (verses) addressed to Vishvakarman he offers: Vishvakarman is this Agni, it is him he thus puts together. Three oblations he offers,—threefold is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much food he thus restores him. With seventeen verses (he offers),—Prajapati is seventeenfold, and Prajapati is Agni: as great as Agni is, as great as is his measure, with so much he thus restores him. With (ghee) taken in twenty-one ladlings (he offers the two oblations),—there are twelve months, five seasons, these three worlds, and yonder sun as the twenty-first: this is the (symbolical) amount (or, correspondence).
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 9.2.2.6
The Satapatha Brahmana (In Five Volumes)
by Julius Eggeling (1882)
2551 pages; [Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.]
Buy now!
The Satapatha Brahmana (3 volumes)
by Dr Jeet Ram Bhatt (2009)
Sanskrit Text with English Translation; 1726 pages; [Publisher: Eastern Book Linkers]; ISBN: 9788178541693
Buy now!
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.
Buy now!
Studies in the Satapatha-Brahmana
by Dr. (Mrs.) Santi Banerjee (1993)
236 pages; [Publisher: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar]
Buy now!
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]
Buy now!