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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 3.7.4.9

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3.7.4.9

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Sanskrit

3.7.4.9

idaṃ vai paśoḥ saṃjñapyamānasya | prāṇo vātamapipadyate tatprāpnuhi yatte prāṇo vātamapipadyātā ityevaitadāha samaṅgāni yajatrairityaṅgairvā asya yajante tatprāpnuhi yatte 'ṅgairyajāntā ityevaitadāha sa yajñapatirāśiṣeti yajamānasya vā etenāśiṣamāśāste tatprāpnuhi yattvayā yajamānāyāśiṣamāśāsāntā ityevaitadāha sādayati srucāvatha pravarāyāśrāvayati so 'sāveva bandhuḥ

For, indeed, the breath of the victim when slain here passes into the wind: 'Obtain thou that thy breath may pass into the wind!' is what he thereby means to say. 'Thy limbs with those worthy of offering' he says, because it is with its limbs that they sacrifice: 'Obtain thou that they may sacrifice with thy limbs' is what he thereby means to say. 'The lord of sacrifice with his prayer,' hereby they invoke a blessing on the sacrificer: 'Obtain thou that through thee they may invoke a blessing on the sacrificer' is what he thereby means to say. He then deposits the two spoons and calls for the Sraushat with a view to the Pravara (election of the Hotri). The significance of this is the same (as before).

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

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