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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.1.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.1.4

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5.2.1.4

sa vācayati | āyuryajñena kalpatām prāṇo yajñena kalpatāṃ cakṣuryajñena kalpatāṃ śrotraṃ yajñena kalpatām pṛṣṭhaṃ yajñena kalpatāṃ yajño yajñena kalpatāmityetāḥ ṣaṭkL!ptīrvācayati ṣaḍvā ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsarasya saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatiryajñastadyaivāsya kL!ptiryā sampattāmevaitadujjayati tāmātmankurute

He makes him pronounce (Vâg. S. IX, 21), 'May the life prosper through sacrifice!--May the breath prosper through sacrifice!--May the eye prosper through sacrifice!--May the ear prosper through sacrifice!--May the back prosper through sacrifice!--May the sacrifice prosper through sacrifice!' These six kliptis he makes him pronounce, because there are six seasons in the year, and Pragâpati is the year, and the sacrifice is Pragâpati: thus whatever success, whatever accomplishment there is for him, that he thereby wins, that he makes his own.

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

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