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 9.5.1.53
nāma kṛtvāthainamupatiṣṭhate | sarveṇa vā eṣa etamātmanā cinoti sa yadetāmatrātmanaḥ paridāṃ na vadetātra haivāsyaiṣa ātmānaṃ vṛñcītātha yadetāmatrātmanaḥ paridām vadate tayo hāsyaiṣa ātmānaṃ na vṛṅkte ye agnayaḥ pāñcajanyā asyām pṛthivyāmadhi teṣāmasi tvamuttamaḥ pra no jīvātave suveti ye ke cāgnayaḥ pañcacitikā asyām pṛthivyāmadhi teṣāmasi tvaṃ sattamaḥ pro asmānjīvanāya suvetyetadanuṣṭubhā vāgvā anuṣṭubvāgu sarvāṇi candāṃsi sarvairevāsmā etaccandobhirnihnuta upasthāyāgniṃ samārohya nirmathyodavasānīyayā yajate
Preview of English translation:
53. Having given a name to him, he reverently approaches him; for this (Sacrificer) builds him with his (own) whole self, and were he not to give utterance now to this surrender of his own self, he (Agni) would now take away his (the Sacrificer's) self; but when he now gives utterance to this surrender of his own self, he (Agni) does not take away his self. [He approaches the fire] with the Anushtubh verse (Vajasaneyi Samhita XVIII, 67), “What fires of the five races of men there are upon this earth,—thou art the chiefest of them: quicken us unto life!”—the Anushtubh, doubtless, is speech, and all the metres are speech: he thus makes amends to him (Agni) by all the metres. Having stood by the fire, and lifted it, and churned it out, he offers the completing oblation.
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Satapatha-brahmana Verse 9.5.1.53
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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