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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.5.2.15

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.5.2.15

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4.5.2.15

ākhūtkara evainamupakireyuḥ | iyaṃ vā asya sarvasya pratiṣṭhā tadenamasyāmeva pratiṣṭhāpayati tadu vā āhurya enaṃ tatrānuvyāharetkṣipre 'smai mṛtāya śmaśānaṃ kariṣyantīti tathā haiva syāt

They may bury it ins a mole-hill; for this (earth) is the support of everything here: he thus establishes it on this same (earth). But, say they, if, in that case, any one were to curse him, saying, 'They shall quickly prepare a burying-place for him, being dead!' then verily it would be so.

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

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