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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 9.4.4.3
sa madhyamam paridhimupaspṛśya | etadyajurjapatyagniṃ yunajmi śavasā ghṛteneti balaṃ vai śavo'gniṃ yunajmi balena ca ghṛtena cetyetaddivyaṃ suparṇaṃ vayasā bṛhantamiti divyo vā eṣa suparṇo vayaso bṛhandhūmena tena vayaṃ gamema bradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ rohanto'dhi nākamuttamamityetat
Preview of English translation:
3. Having touched the middle enclosing-stick, he mutters this formula (Vajasaneyi Samhita XVIII, 51), “The Fire I yoke with might, with ghee!”—might means strength: thus, “The fire I yoke (furnish) with strength, with ghee;”—“the heavenly bird, great in vigour,”—for that (fire-altar) is indeed a heavenly bird, and great in vigour, in smoke;—“Thereby we will go to the region of the bay, rising unto the light, beyond the highest firmament!”—The firmament, doubtless, is the heavenly world: thus, “Thereby we will go to the region, of the bay (horse, the sun) mounting up to the heavenly world, beyond the highest firmament.”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 9.4.4.3
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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