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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 4.6.5.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.6.5.5

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Sanskrit

4.6.5.5

sa ya eṣa somagrahaḥ | annaṃ vā eṣa sa yasyai devatāyā etaṃ graham gṛhṇāti sāsmai devataitena graheṇa gṛhītā taṃ kāmaṃ samardhayati yatkāmyā gṛhṇāti sa udyantaṃ vādityamupatiṣṭhate 'staṃ yantaṃ vā graho 'syamumanayārtyā gṛhāṇāsāvado mā prāpaditi yaṃ dviṣyādasāvasmai kāmo mā samardhīti vā na haivāsmai sa kāmaḥ samṛdhyate yasmā evamupatiṣṭhate

And as to this graha of Soma, that is food; for whatever deity one draws this graha, that deity, being seized by this graha, fulfils that wish of his for which he draws it. He approaches either the rising or the setting sun, thinking, 'Thou art the seizer, seize thou N.N. by such and such a disease! may N.N. not obtain such and such!' (naming) him whom he hates; or with, 'May such and such a wish not be fulfilled to him!' and, assuredly, that wish is not fulfilled to him for whom he thus approaches (the sun).

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

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