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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.3.5.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.3.5.3

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Sanskrit

13.3.5.3

brahmahatyāyai svāheti dvitīyāmāhutiṃ juhoti amṛtyurha vā anyo brahmahatyāyai mṛtyureṣa ha vai sākṣānmṛtyuryadbrahmahatyā sākṣādeva mṛtyumapajayati

A second oblation he makes with, 'To Brahman-slaying, hail!' for, doubtless, a murder other than the slaying of a Brahman is no murder; but that--to wit, the slaying of a Brahman--is manifestly murder: he thus manifestly wards off Death.

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

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