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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.1.1.26

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.1.1.26

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4.1.1.26

tasya vā etasya grahasya | nānuvākyāsti na yājyā tam mantreṇa juhotyeteno hāsyaiṣo 'nuvākyavānbhavatyetena yājyavānatha yadyabhicaredyo 'syāṃśurāśliṣṭaḥ syādbāhvorvorasi vā vāsasi vā taṃ juhuyāddevāṃśo yasmai tveḍe tatsatyamupariprutā bhaṅgena hato 'sau phaḍiti yathā ha vai hanyamānānāmapadhāvedevameṣo 'bhiṣūyamāṇānāṃ skandati tathā ha tasya naiva dhāvannāpadhāvatpariśiṣyate yasmā evaṃ karoti taṃ sādayati prāṇāya tveti prāṇo hyasyaiṣaḥ

For this same graha there is neither an invitatory prayer nor an offering prayer: he offers it with a (Yagus) formula, and thereby it becomes for him supplied with both an invitatory and an offering prayer. And if he desire to exorcise, let him offer some spray (of Soma) which may adhere either to his arm, or to his breast, or to his garment, with, 'O divine plant, let that be true wherefore I pray thee: let N.N. be struck down by destruction falling from above, crash!' Even as one of (enemies) that are being slain might escape, so does this (sprig) fly away from those that are being pressed: thus nothing (hostile)--either running thither or running away --remains to him for whom he performs this. He deposits that (cup) with, 'Thee for the out-breathing!' for this (graha) indeed is his out-breathing.

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

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