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Shatapatha Brahmana 2.2.1.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.2.1.3

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2.2.1.3

tāṃ vai pūrṇāṃ juhoti | sarvaṃ vai pūrṇaṃ sarveṇaivainametacamayati svāhākāreṇa juhotyanirukto vai svāhākāraḥ sarvaṃ vā aniruktaṃ sarveṇaivainametacamayati

He offers it (with a) full (spoon); for the full doubtless means the All (universe), so that he thereby appeases him with the All. He offers it with 'Svâhâ!' for the Svâhâ is undefined, and undefined also is the All, so that he thereby appeases him by means of the All.

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

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