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Shatapatha Brahmana 10.5.4.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 10.5.4.17

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10.5.4.17

abhram purīṣam candramā āhutayo nakṣatrāṇi samidho yaccandramā nakṣatre vasatyāhutistatsamidhi vasatyetadu vā āhuterannameṣā pratiṣṭhā tasmādāhutirna kṣīyata etaddhyasyā annameṣā pratiṣṭhātha yaddevā ityākhyāyate tallokampṛṇā tadvā etatsarvaṃ devā ityevākhyāyate

The welkin is the earth-fillings (between the layers of brick); the moon the oblations; the Nakshatras (lunar mansions) the fire-logs,--because the moon resides in (or with) the Nakshatra, therefore the oblation resides in the fire-wood: that, indeed, is the food of the oblation, and its support; whence the oblation does not fail (na kshîyate), for that is its food and its support And what are called 'the gods' they are the space-filling (brick); for by (naming) the gods everything here is named.
18 It is regarding this that it is said by the Rik (X, 12, 3), 'The All-gods have gone after this thy Yagus,'--for all beings, all the gods, indeed, become the Yagus here. Thus this whole Agni comes to be the space-filler; and, verily, whosoever knows this, thus comes to be that whole (Agni) who is the space-filler.

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

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