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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.2.4.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.2.4.2

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13.2.4.2

sa yadgrāmyaiḥ saṃsthāpayet samadhvānaḥ krāmeyuḥ samantikaṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāṃ narkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeranyadāraṇyairvyadhvānaḥ krāmeyurvidūraṃ grāmayorgrāmāntau syātāmṛkṣīkāḥ puruṣavyāghrāḥ parimoṣiṇa āvyādhinyastaskarā araṇyeṣvājāyeran

Were he to complete (the sacrifice) with tame ones, the roads would run together, the village-boundaries of two villages would be contiguous, and no ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers would come to be in the forests. By (so doing) with wild (beasts) the roads would run asunder, the village-boundaries of two villages would be far asunder; and there would come to be ogres, man-tigers, thieves, murderers, and robbers in the forests.

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

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