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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 10.2.4.1

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.2.4.1

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10.2.4.1

saṃvatsaro vai prajāpatiḥ agniru sarve kāmāḥ so'yaṃ saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatirakāmayatāgniṃ sarvānkāmānātmānamabhisaṃcinvīyeti sa ekaśatadhātmānaṃ vyadhatta sa ekaśatadhātmānaṃ vidhāyāgniṃ sarvānkāmānātmānamabhisamacinuta sa sarve kāmā abhavattasmānna kaścana bahirdhā kāmo'bhavattasmādāhuḥ saṃvatsaraḥ sarve kāmā iti na ha saṃvatsarātkaścana bahirdhā kāmo'sti

Pragâpati, indeed, is the year, and Agni is all objects of desire. This Pragâpati, the year, desired, 'May I build up for myself a body so as to contain Agni, all objects of desire.' He constructed a body one hundred and one-fold; and in constructing a body one hundred and one-fold, he built up for himself a body so as to contain Agni, all objects of desire, and himself became all objects of desire; there was not one object of desire outside of him: whence they say, 'The year (includes) all objects of desire;' for, indeed, outside the year there is no object of desire whatever.

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

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