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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.1.4.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.1.4.4

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Sanskrit

5.1.4.4

taṃ dhūrgṛhītamantarvedyabhyavavartayati | vājasya nu prasave mātaram mahīmityannaṃ vai vājo 'nnasya nu prasave mātaram mahīmityevaitadāhāditiṃ nāma vacasā karāmahā itīyaṃ vai pṛthivyaditistasmādāhāditiṃ nāma vacasā karāmaha iti yasyāmidaṃ viśvam bhuvanamāviveśetyasyāṃ hīdaṃ sarvam bhuvanamāviṣṭaṃ tasyāṃ no devaḥ savitā dharma sāviṣaditi tasyāṃ no devaḥ savitā yajamānaṃ savatāmityevaitadāha

That chariot, seized by the pole, he turns (from left to right) so as to make it stand inside the vedi, with, 'In the winning of wealth, the great Mother'--wealth means food: 'in the winning of food, the great Mother'--is what he thereby says;--'Aditi by name, we praise with speech;' now Aditi is this earth: therefore he says, 'Aditi by name, we praise with speech,'--'whereon all this being hath settled;' for indeed thereon all being here is settled;--'thereon may the divine Savitri prosper our stay!' whereby he means to say, 'thereon may the divine Savitri prosper our Sacrificer!'

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

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