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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.2.3.10

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.2.3.10

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4.2.3.10

athāto gṛhṇātyeva | upayāmagṛhīto 'sīndrāya tvā bṛhadvate vayasvata itīndro vai yajñasya devatā tasmādāhendrāya tveti bṛhadvate vayasvata iti vīryavata ityevaitadāha yadāha bṛhadvate vayasvata ityukthāvyaṃ gṛhṇāmītyukthebhyo hyenaṃ gṛhṇāti yatta indra bṛhadvaya iti yatta indra vīryamityevaitadāha tasmai tvā viṣṇave tveti yajñasya hyenamāyuṣe gṛhṇāti tasmādāha tasmai tvā viṣṇave tvetyeṣa te yonirukthebhyastveti sādayatyukthebhyo hyenaṃ gṛhṇāti

Now he draws it from that (stream of Soma), with (Vâg. S. VII, 22), 'Thou art taken with a support: thee for Indra, possessed of the great (chant), possessed of vigour,'--for Indra is the deity of the sacrifice; wherefore he says 'thee for Indra;' and by 'possessed of the great (chant), possessed of vigour,' he means to say 'for him, the strong;'--'I take (thee) the song-pleasing,' for he indeed takes it for songs of praise;--'what great vigour is thine, O Indra'--whereby he means to say, 'what strength is thine, O Indra'--'for that (I take) thee! for Vishnu--thee!' for he takes it for the life of the sacrifice: hence he says, 'for that--thee! for Vishnu--thee!' With, 'This is thy womb: thee for the songs of praise!' he deposits it; for he indeed takes it for songs of praise.

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

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