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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.5.2.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.5.2.5

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Sanskrit

4.5.2.5

jarāyuṇā saheti | tadyathā daśamāsyo jarāyuṇā saheyādevametadāha yathāyaṃ vāyurejati yathā samudra ejatīti prāṇamevāsminnetaddadhātyevāyaṃ daśamāsyo asrajjarāyuṇā saheti tadyathā daśamāsyo jarāyuṇā saha sraṃsetaivametadāha

'Together with the caul'--this he says so that, like a ten months’ (calf), it may go out with the caul,--'As yonder wind moveth, as the ocean moveth;'--thereby he puts breath into it;--'So hath this ten months' (calf) slipped out with the caul;'--this he means to say so that, like a ten months’ calf, it may slip out with the caul.

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

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