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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 2.6.2.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2.6.2.17

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2.6.2.17

tāndvayormūtakayorupanahya | veṇuyaṣṭyāṃ vā kupe vobhayata ābadhyādaṅ paretya yadi vṛkṣaṃ vā sthāṇu vā veṇuṃ vā valmīkaṃ vā vindettasminnāsajatyetatte rudrāvasaṃ tena paro mūjavato 'tīhītyavasena vā adhvānaṃ yanti tadenaṃ sāvasamevānvavārjati yatra yatrāsya caraṇaṃ tadanvatra ha vā asya paro mūjavadbhyaścaraṇaṃ tasmādāha paro mūjavato 'tīhītyavatatadhanvā pinākāvasa ityahiṃsannaḥ śivo 'tīhīty evaitadāha kṛttivāsā iti niṣvāpayatyevainametatsvapannu hi na kaṃ cana hinasti tasmādāha kṛttivāsā iti

Having then packed them into two net-work baskets and tied them to the two ends of either a bamboo staff or the beam of a balance, he steps aside towards the north; and if he meets with a tree or a stake or a bamboo or an ant-hill, he fastens them thereon, with the text (Vâg. S. III, 61), 'These, O Rudra, are thy provisions; therewith depart beyond the Mûgavats!'--(supplied) with provisions people indeed set out on a journey: hence he thereby dismisses him supplied with provisions whithersoever he is bound. Now in this case his journey is beyond the Mûgavats: hence he says, 'Depart beyond the Mûgavats!'--'with thy bow unstrung and muffled up--,' whereby he means to say, 'Depart propitious, not injuring us;' 'Clad in a skin,'--whereby he lulls him to sleep; for while sleeping he injures no one: hence he says, 'Clad in a skin.'

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

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