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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.3.4.1

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.4.1

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Sanskrit

4.3.4.1

ghnanti vā etadyajñam | yadenaṃ tanvate yannveva rājānamabhiṣuṇvanti tattaṃ ghnanti yatpaśuṃ saṃjñapayanti viśāsati tattaṃ ghnantyulūkhalamusalābhyāṃ dṛṣadupalābhyāṃ haviryajñaṃ ghnanti

Now, they slay the sacrifice, when they spread (perform) it:--to wit, when they press out the king (Soma), they slay him; when they quiet the victim, they slay it; and with mortar and pestle, with the upper and nether millstone, they slay the havis offering.

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

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