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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.6.2.14

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.2.14

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2.6.2.14

tāsāmutāsām mantro 'sti | tryambakaṃ yajāmahe sugandhim pativedanam urvārukamiva bandhanādito mukṣīya māmuta iti sā yadita ityāha jñātibhyastadāha māmuta iti patibhyastadāha patayo hyeva striyai pratiṣṭhā tasmādāha māmuta iti

The text (prescribed) for them is (Vâg. S. III, 60 b), 'We worship Tryambaka, the fragrant bestower of husbands. Even as a gourd (is severed) from its stem, so may I be severed from this. (world), not from thence (yonder world)!' By saying 'from this,' she means to say 'from my relatives;' and by saying 'not from thence,' she means to say 'not from husbands.' Husbands, doubtless, are the support of woman: hence she says 'not from thence.'

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

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