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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 5.2.5.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.2.5.2

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5.2.5.2

sa yadāgnāvaiṣṇavaḥ | ekādaśakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavatyagnirvai dātā vaiṣṇavāḥ puruṣāstadasmā agnirdātā puruṣāndadāti

Now as to why there is that cake on eleven potsherds for Agni and Vishnu;--Agni is the giver, and men are Vishnu's: thus Agni, the giver, gives him (the king) men.

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

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