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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 11.2.4.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.2.4.5

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11.2.4.5

athādhyātmam udāna eva pūrṇamā udānena hyayam puruṣaḥ pūryata iva prāṇa eva darśo dadṛśa iva hyayam prāṇastadetāvannādaścānnapradaśca darśapūrṇamāsau

Then as to the body. The full moon is the up-breathing, for it is by the up-breathing that this man is, as it were, filled; and the new moon is the out (and in)-breathing, for this out-breathing appears, as it were: thus, the full and new moon are these two, the eater and the giver of food.

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

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