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Shatapatha Brahmana 5.1.5.21

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.1.5.21

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5.1.5.21

so 'numantrayate | śaṃ no bhavantu vājino haveṣu devatātā mitadravaḥ svarkāḥ jambhayanto 'hiṃ vṛkaṃ rakṣāṃsi sanemyasmadyuyavannamīvāḥ

He then either offers or addresses (the horses) with the following tristich: this is twofold, because he either offers or addresses. Whether he offers, or addresses (the horses), the significance is the same: he thereby speeds those running horses, imbues them with energy. There are here three earths, namely this one, and two beyond it: these he thereby wins.

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

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