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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.5.2.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.5.2.2

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Sanskrit

13.5.2.2

niṣth\iteṣu pānnejaneṣu mahiṣīmaśvāyopanipādayantyathaināvadhivāsena samprorṇuvanti svargeloke prorṇuvathāmityeṣa vai svargo loko yatra paśuṃ sañjñapayanti nirāyatyāśvasya śiśnam mahiṣyupasthe nidhatte vṛṣā vājī retodhā reto dadhātviti mithunasyaiva sarvatvāya

When the foot-water is ready, they cause the Mahishî to lie down near the horse, and cover her up with the upper cloth, with 'In heaven ye envelop yourselves,'--for that indeed is heaven where they immolate the victim,..., 'May the vigorous male, the layer of seed, lay seed!' she says for the completeness of union.

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

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