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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.7.3.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.7.3.17

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1.7.3.17

te vai triṣṭubhau bhavataḥ | vāstu vā etadyajñasya yatsviṣṭakṛdavīryaṃ vai vāstvindriyaṃ vīryaṃ triṣṭubindriyamevaitadvīryaṃ vāstau sviṣṭakṛti dadhāti tasmāttriṣṭubhau bhavataḥ

They are both trishtubh verses; for the svishtakrit is, as it were, the residue (or site, vâstu) of the sacrifice, and the residue (or, a vacant site) is without energy. Now the trishtubh means manly power, energy: hence he thereby imparts manly power, energy to that residue, the svishtakrit. This is why they are both trishtubh verses.

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

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