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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 7.4.1.9
apām pṛṣṭhamasi yoniragneriti | apāṃ hīyam pṛṣṭhaṃ yonirhīyamagneḥ samudramabhitaḥ pinvamānamiti samudro homāmabhitaḥ pinvate vardhamāno mahāṃ ā ca puṣkara iti vardhamāno mahīyasva puṣkara ityetaddivo mātrayā varimṇā prathasvetyanuvimārṣṭyasau vā āditya eṣo'gnirno haitamanyo divo varimā yantumarhati dyaurbhūtvainaṃ yacetyevaitadāha svarājopaddhāti svārājyaṃ hyapāṃ sādayitvā sūdadohasādhivadati tasyokto bandhuḥ
Preview of English translation:
9. [He lays it down, with Vajasaneyi Samhita XIII, 2] “The waters’ back thou art, the womb of Agni,” for this earth is indeed the back of the waters, and the womb of Agni;—“around the swelling ocean,” for the ocean indeed swells around this earth;—“growing great on the lotus,” that is, “growing, flourish thou on the lotus;”—“spread out with the extent, with the breadth, of the sky!” with this he strokes along (the leaf),—for this Agni is yonder sun, and no other extent but that of the sky is able to contain him: he thus says (to the leaf), Having become the sky, contain him! He lays it down with a Svaraj verse, for self-rule (svarajya) belongs to the waters. Having 'settled' it, he pronounces the Sudadohas upon it: the significance of this has been explained.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 7.4.1.9
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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