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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 13.8.3.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 13.8.3.5

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Sanskrit

13.8.3.5

athainaṃ yathāṅgaṃ kalpayati śam vātaḥ śam hi te ghṛṇiḥ śam te bhavantviṣṭakāḥ śam te bhavantvagnayaḥ pārthivāso mā tvābhiśūśucan kalpantāṃ te diśastubhyamāpaḥ śivatamāstubhyam bhavantu sindhavaḥ antarikṣaṃ śivam tubhyaṃ kalpantāṃ te diśaḥ sarvā ityetadevāsmai sarvaṃ kalpayatyetadasmai śivaṃ karoti

He then arranges him (the dead man) limb by limb, with (Vâg. S. XXXV, 8-9), 'Propitious be the wind unto thee, propitious the heat of the sun; propitious be the bricks; propitious be the fires unto thee, and may the earthly ones not scorch thee!--May the regions fit themselves to thee, and may the waters be most kind unto thee, and the rivers; and kind. also the air: may all the regions fit themselves to thee!'--he thereby makes everything fit itself to him, and be auspicious for him.

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

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