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Shatapatha Brahmana 13.2.11

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.2.11

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13.2.11.1

prajāpatirakāmayata mahānbhūyāntsyāmiti sa etāvaśvamedhe mahimānau grahāvapaśyattāvajuhottato vai sa mahānbhūyānabhavatsa yaḥ kāmayeta mahānbhūyāntsyāmiti sa etāvaśvamedhe mahimānau grahau juhuyānmahānhaiva bhūyānbhavati

Pragâpati desired, 'Would that I were great, and more numerous!' He perceived those two Mahiman (greatness) cups of Soma at the Asvamedha; he offered them; and thereby, indeed, became great and more numerous: hence whosoever should desire to become great, and more numerous, let him offer up those two Mahiman cups of Soma at the Asvamedha; and he indeed becomes great and more numerous.

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

13.2.11.2

vapāmabhito juhoti yajamāno vā aśvamedho rājā mahimā rājyenaivainamubhayataḥ parigṛhṇāti purastātsvāhākṛtayo vā anye devā upariṣṭātsvāhākṛtayo'nye tānevaitatprīṇāti svāhā devebhyo devebhyaḥ svāheti rājñā vapām parijayati ye caivāsmiṃloke devā ya u cāmuṣmiṃstānevaitatprīṇāti ta enamubhaye devāḥ prītāḥ svargaṃ lokamabhivahanti

He offers them on both sides (before and after) the omentum;--the Asvamedha, doubtless, is the Sacrificer, and that Mahiman (cup) is the king: it is with royal dignity he thus encompasses him on both sides. Some gods have the svâhâ-call ('hail') in front, and the other gods have the svâhâ-call behind: it is them he thus gratifies. With 'Hail to the gods!' and 'To the gods hail!' he makes offering by means of the king (Soma) on both sides of the omentum: he thereby gratifies those gods who are in this world, and those who are in the other, and thus gratified, both these kinds of gods lead him to the heavenly world.

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

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