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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.3.3.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.3.4

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4.3.3.4

tānvā etān | pañca grahāngṛhṇātyeṣa vai vajro yanmādhyandinaḥ pavamānastasmātpañcadaśaḥ pañcasāmā bhavati pañcadaśo hi vajraḥ sa etaiḥ pañcabhirgrahaiḥ pañca vā imā aṅgulayo 'ṅgulibhirvai praharati

These, then, are five grahas he draws; for that midday Pavamâna chant is a thunderbolt: hence it is a fifteenfold five-hymned chant, for the thunderbolt is fifteenfold. He is so by means of these five grahas (cups of Soma): for five are these fingers, and with the fingers he hurls (the thunderbolt).

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

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