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Shatapatha Brahmana 1.9.1.18

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.9.1.18

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1.9.1.18

nāto bhūyasīḥ kuryāt | atiriktaṃ ha kuryādyadato bhūyasīḥ kuryādyadvai yajñasyātiriktaṃ dviṣantaṃ hāsya tadbhrātṛvyamabhyatiricyate tasmānnāto bhūyasīḥ kuryāt

Let him not offer more than these; for if he offered more, he would do what is in excess; and what is in excess at the sacrifice, that remains over for the benefit of his spiteful enemy: hence he should not offer more (prayers) than these.

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

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