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Shatapatha Brahmana 1.6.3.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.6.3.5

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Sanskrit

1.6.3.5

atha yadanyasmā aśanāyāsa | tatastittiriḥ samabhavattasmātsa viśvarūpatama iva santyeva ghṛstokā iva tvanmadhustokā iva tvatparṇeṣvāścutitā evaṃ rūpaṃ hi sa tenāśanamāvayat

Then from the one which served for other kinds of food, a partridge sprang; whence the latter is much variegated in colour: on its wings, namely, butter-drops, as it were, have dropped in one place and honey- (or mead-) drops in another, for suchlike, as it were, was the food which he consumed with that (mouth).

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

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