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Shatapatha Brahmana 10.5.1.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.5.1.5

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Sanskrit

10.5.1.5

sā vā eṣā vāktredhāvihitā ṛco yajūṃṣi sāmāni maṇḍalamevarco'rciḥ sāmāni puruṣo yajūṃṣyathaitadamṛtaṃ yadetadarcirdīpyata idaṃ tatpuṣkaraparṇaṃ tadyatpuṣkaraparṇamupadhāyāgniṃ cinotyetasminnevaitadamṛta ṛṅmayaṃ yajurmayaṃ sāmamayamātmānaṃ saṃskurute so'mṛto bhavati

This speech, indeed, is threefold--the Rik-verses, the Yagus-formulas, and the Sâman-tunes the Rik-verses are the orb, the Sâman-tunes the light, and the Yagus-formulas the man (in the sun); and that immortal element, the shining light, is this lotus-leaf: thus, when he builds up the Fire-altar after laying down the lotus-leaf, it is on that immortal element that he builds for himself a body consisting of the Rik, the Yagus, and the Sâman; and he becomes immortal.

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

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