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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.3.9

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.3.9

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Sanskrit

3.3.3.9

sa vā anenaivājām prayacati | anena rājānamādatta ājā ha vai nāmaiṣā yadajaitayā hyenamantata ājati tāmetatparo 'kṣamajetyācakṣate

With that (text) he gives the she-goat, with that he takes the king; for agâ (goat) doubtless means the same as âgâ (driving thither), since it is through her (the she-goat) that he finally drives him (Soma) thither. It is thus in a mystic sense that they call her 'agâ.'

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

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