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Shatapatha Brahmana 11.8.1.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11.8.1.3

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11.8.1.3

sa maha iti vyāharat paśavo vai mahastasmādyasyaite bahavo bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhamasya kule mahīyante bahavo ha vā asyaite bhavanti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ hāsya kule mahīyante tasmādyadyenamāyatanādbādheranvā pra vā yāpayeyuragnihotraṃ hutvā maha ityupatiṣṭheta prati prajayā paśubhistiṣṭhati nāyatanāccyavate

He then exclaimed, 'Wealth!'--now, wealth (mahas) means cattle, whence they (cattle) thrive (mahîyante) exceedingly in the homestead of one who possesses many of them; and this (Sacrificer), indeed, possesses many of them, and in his homestead they do thrive exceedingly. Wherefore, if people were either to forcibly drive him from his home, or to bid him go forth, let him, after performing the Agni-hotra, approach (the fires) saying, 'Wealth'; and he becomes firmly established by offspring and cattle, and is not deprived of his home.

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

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