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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.3.4.27

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.4.27

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4.3.4.27

athāśvaḥ | vajro vā aśvo vajramevaitatpurogāṃ kurute yamaloke me 'pyasaditi vai yajate yo yajate tadyamaloka evainametadapitvinaṃ karoti taṃ yamāya brahmaṇe 'dadāt

Then the Horse--for the horse is a thunderbolt: he thereby makes the thunderbolt the leader. And, moreover, he who sacrifices, sacrifices with the hope 'May there be a place for me in Yama's world!' He thus makes him a sharer in Yama's world. This he gave to Yama, the Brahman.

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

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