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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 14.2.1.11

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14.2.1.11

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14.2.1.11

atha pinvane pinvayati aśvibhyām pinvasvetyaśvināvevaitadāhāśvinau vā etadyajñasya śiraḥ pratyadhattāṃ tāvevaitatprīṇāti tasmādāhāśvibhyām pinvasveti

He then causes it to flow into the milking-bowl, with (Vâg. S. XX XVIII, 4), 'Flow for the Asvins!'--with regard to the Asvins he thus says this, for it was the Asvins who restored the head of the sacrifice: it is them he thus pleases, and therefore he says, 'Flow for the Asvins!'
12, 'Flow for Sarasvatî!'--Sarasvatî, doubtless, is Speech, and with speech the Asvins then restored the head of the Sacrifice: it is those (Asvins) he thus pleases, and therefore he says, 'Flow for Sarasvatî!'

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

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