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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 3.2.2.22
athāgnaye paridāya svapiti | devānvā eṣa upāvartate yo dīkṣate sa devatānāmeko bhavati na vai devāḥ svapantyanavaruddho vā etasyāsvapno bhavatyagnirvai devānāṃ vratapatistasmā evaitatparidāya svapityagne tvaṃ su jāgṛhi vayaṃ su mandiṣīmahītyagne tvaṃ jāgṛhi vayaṃ svapsyāma ityevaitadāha rakṣā ṇo aprayucanniti gopāya no'pramatta ityevaitadāha prabudhe naḥ punaskṛdhīti yathetaḥ suptvā svasti prabudhyāmahā evaṃ naḥ kurvityevaitadāha
Preview of English translation:
22. He then gives himself up to Agni (the fire) for protection and lies down to sleep. For he who is consecrated draws nigh to the gods and becomes one of the deities; but the gods do not sleep, while to him sleeplessness is not vouchsafed; and Agni being Lord of vows to the gods, it is to him that he now commits himself and lies down to sleep, with the text (Vajasaneyi Samhita IV, 14), “O Agni, be thou a good waker: may we thoroughly refresh ourselves!” whereby he says, “O Agni, wake thou: we are going to sleep!”—“Guard us unremittingly!” whereby he means to say, “protect us heedfully!”—“Make us awake again!” whereby he means to say, “Order so that, having rested here, we may awake safely.”
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 3.2.2.22
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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