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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.5.2.29

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.5.2.29

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2.5.2.29

athaināṃ vācayati | akran karma karmakṛta ityakranhi karma karmakṛtaḥ saha vācā mayobhuveti saha hi vācākrandevebhyaḥ karma kṛtveti devebhyo hi karma kṛtvāstam preta sacābhuva ityanyato hyoḍhayā saha bhavanti tasmādāha sacābhuva ityastam preteti jaghanārdho vā eṣa yajñasya yatpatnī tāmetatprācīṃ yajñam prāsīṣadadgṛhā vā astaṃ gṛhāḥ pratiṣṭhā tadgṛheṣvevaināmetatpratiṣṭhāyām pratiṣṭhāpayati

He then makes her say the text (Vâg. S. III, 47), 'The men skilled in the work have done the work,'--those skilled in the work have indeed done the work;--'with pleasing song;'--for with song they have done it. 'Having done the work for the gods;'--for the gods indeed they have done the work; 'go home, ye companions!'--they are now together with her while she is led thither from an other place: hence she says, 'ye companions' (sakâbhû, 'being together'). 'Go home,' she says, because that wife doubtless is the hind part of the sacrifice, and he has just now made her take her seat to the east of the sacrifice. 'Home' doubtless means the house, and the house is a resting-place: hence he thereby makes her rest in that resting-place, the house.

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

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