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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 11.6.2.4
atha hovāca yājñavalkyaḥ yadahamagnimuddharāmyagnihotrameva tadudyacāmyādityaṃ vā astaṃ yantaṃ sarve devā anuyanti te ma etamagnimuddhṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvopāvartante'thāham pātrāṇi nirṇijyopavāpyāgnihotrīṃ dohayitvā paśyanpaśyatastarpayāmīti tvaṃ nediṣṭhaṃ yājñavalkyāgnihotrasyāmīmāṃsiṣṭhā dhenuśataṃ dadāmīti hovāca na tvevainayostvamutkrātriṃ na gatiṃ na pratiṣṭhāṃ na tṛptiṃ na punarāvṛttiṃ na lokam pratyutthāyinamityuktvā rathamāsthāya pradhāvayāṃ cakāra
Preview of English translation:
4. Then Yajnavalkya said, “When I take out the fire (from the Garhapatya), it is the Agnihotra itself, I thereby raise Now when Aditya (the sun) sets, all the gods follow him; and when they see that fire taken out by me, they turn back. Having then cleansed the (sacrificial) vessels, and deposited them (on the Vedi), and having milked the Agnihotra cow, I gladden them, when I see them, and when they see me.”—“Thou, O Yajnavalkya, hast inquired most closely into the nature of the Agnihotra,” said the king; 'I bestow a hundred cows on thee. But not even thou (knowest) either the uprising, or the progress, or the support, or the contentment, or the return, or the renascent world of those two (libations of the Agnihotra).' Thus saying, he mounted his car and drove away.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 11.6.2.4
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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