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Shatapatha Brahmana 10.5.4.15

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.5.4.15

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10.5.4.15

tasyaite pratiṣṭhe rukmaśca puṣkaraparṇaṃ cāpaścādityamaṇḍalaṃ ca srucau bāhū tāvindrāgnī dve svayamātṛṇe iyaṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca tisro viśvajyotiṣa etā devatā agnirvāyurāditya etā hyeva devatā viśvaṃ jyotirdvādaśartavyāḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ sa ātmā pañca pañcacūḍāḥ sa yajñaste devā atha yadvikarṇī ca svayamātṛṇā cāśmā pṛśniryaścite'gnirnidhīyate sā pañcatrīṃśī lokampṛṇāyai yajuḥ ṣaṭtriṃśī so'syaiṣa sarvasyāntamevātmā sa eṣa sarvāsāmapām madhye sa eṣa sarvaiḥ kāmaiḥ sampanna āpo vai sarve kāmāḥ sa eṣo'kāmaḥ sarvakāmo na hyetaṃ kasya cana kāmaḥ

His feet are that gold plate and lotus-leaf(that is) the waters and the sun's orb --are his feet; his arms are the two spoons, and they are Indra and Agni; the two naturally-perforated (bricks) are this earth and the air; and the three Visvagyotis (all-light) bricks are these deities--Agni, Vâyu, and Âditya, for these deities, indeed, are all the light; and the twelve seasonal (bricks) are the year, the body (of the altar, and the gold man); and the five Nâkasads and five Pañkakûdâs are the sacrifice, the gods; and the Vikarnî the (third) Svayamâtrinnâ and the variegated stone; and the fire which is deposited (on the altar) is the thirty-fifth; and the formula of the Lokamprinâ (brick) is the thirty-sixth;--that (gold man), indeed, the body (of the altar) is the end of everything here: he is in the midst of all the waters, endowed with all objects of desire--for all objects of desire are the waters; whilst possessed of all (objects of) desires he is without desire, for no desire of anything (troubles) him.

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

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