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 9.3.1.2
yadvevaitaṃ vaiśvānaraṃ juhoti | vaiśvānaraṃ vā etamagniṃ janayiṣyanbhavati tamadaḥ purastāddīkṣaṇīyāyāṃ reto bhūtaṃ siñcati yādṛgvai yonau retaḥ sicyate tādṛgjāyate tadyattatra vaiśvānaraṃ reto bhūtaṃ siñcati tasmādayamiha vaiśvānaro jāyata upāṃśu tatra bhavati reto vai tatra yajña upāṃśu vai retaḥ sicyate nirukta iha niruktaṃ hi reto jātam bhavati
Preview of English translation:
2. And, again, as to why he offers the Vaishvanara (cake),—it is as the Vaishvanara that he is about to produce that Agni: on that former occasion, at the initiation-offering, he pours him out in the form of seed: and what the seed is like that is poured. into the womb, such like (is the child that) is born; and inasmuch as there he pours out Vaishvanara in the form of seed, therefore he now is born as Vaishvanara. Silently it is (performed) there, for there seed (is implied) in the sacrifice, and silently seed is infused; but distinctly on the present occasion, for distinct (manifest) is the seed when born.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 9.3.1.2
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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