Shatapatha Brahmana

The Shatapatha Brahmana (Sanskrit: शतपथब्राह्मणम्, lit. 'Brāhmaṇa of one hundred paths', IAST: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇam, abbreviated to 'SB')[1] is a commentary on the Śukla Yajurveda. It is attributed to the Vedic sage Yajnavalkya. Described as the most complete, systematic, and important of the Brahmanas[2] (commentaries on the Vedas), it contains detailed explanations of Vedic sacrificial rituals, symbolism, and mythology.

Quotes

• The serpents are these worlds.
  • Satapatha Brahmana SB VII 4, 1, 25ff , Quoted from Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Chapter 8

• Verily, in the beginning this [world] was water… The waters desired a way to be reproduced… When they were heated up a golden egg was produced… In a year’s time… Prajapati [=Lord of creatures, Creator-god] was produced therein... He broke open this egg.
  • Satapatha Brahmana SB XI 1, 6, 1-2, Quoted from Kazanas, N. (2009). Indo-Aryan origins and other Vedic issues. Chapter 8

• The nymph Urvasi loved Pururavas, the son of Ida. When she wedded him, she said, ‘Thrice a day thou shalt embrace me; but do not lie with me against my will, and let me not see thee naked, for such is the way to behave to us women.’
  • Satapatha Brahmana XI.5.1, as translated by Julius Eggeling [1903(1963): 68-74] quoted in Is There Vedic Evidence for the Indo-Aryan Immigration to India? By V. Agarwal

• [One] should,therefore, consecrate [the sacred fires] on Krittikah. These, certainly, do not deviate from the Eastern direction. All other naksatras deviate from the Eastern direction.
  • Satapatha Brahmana (ii.1.2. 2-3), quoted in Bryant, E. F. (2001). The Quest for the Origins of Vedic Culture : the Indo-Aryan migration debate. Oxford University Press. chapter 12