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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.3.4.28

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.3.4.28

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3.3.4.28

nābhidaghnā bhavati | atra vā annam pratitiṣṭhanyannaṃ somastasmānnābhidaghnā bhavatyatro eva retasa āśayo retaḥ somastasmādatradaghnā bhavati

It reaches up to his navel, for it is there that the food settles, and Soma is food: therefore it reaches up to his navel. Moreover, there is the seat of the seed, and Soma is seed: therefore it reaches up to his navel.

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

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