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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.1.2.14

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.1.2.14

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1.1.2.14

atha prekṣate | uru vātāyeti prāṇo vai vātastadbrahmaṇaiv aitatprāṇāya vātāyorugāyaṃ kurute

He then looks (at the rice) and (addressing the cart) mutters (Vâg. S. I, 9 d): 'Wide open (be thou) to the wind!' For wind means breath; so that by this prayer he effects free scope for the air of the (sacrificer's) breath.

Julius Eggeling 1882, The Satapatha-Brahmana according to the Text of the Mâdhyandina School (SBE 12, 26, 41, 43, 44)

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