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 10.4.1.10
etaddha sma vai tadvidvāñcyāparṇaḥ sāyakāyana āha yadvai ma idaṃ karma samāpsyata mamaiva prajā salvānāṃ rājāno'bhaviṣyanmama brāhmaṇā mama vaiśyā yattu ma etāvatkarmaṇaḥ samāpi tena ma ubhayathā salvānprajātirekṣyata iti sa eṣa eva śrīreṣa yaśa eṣo'nnādaḥ
Preview of English translation:
10. And, indeed, Shyaparna Sayakayana, knowing this, once said, “If this my sacrificial performance were complete, my own race would become the kings (nobles), Brahmanas, and peasants of the Salvas; but even by that much of my work which has been completed my race will surpass the Salvas in both ways;”—for this (Agni, the fire-altar), indeed, is (social) eminence and fame, and an eater of food.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 10.4.1.10
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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