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Shatapatha Brahmana 5.3.4.25

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 5.3.4.25

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Sanskrit

5.3.4.25

atha yatsārasvatīṣu na juhoti | vāgvai sarasvatī vajra ājyaṃ nedvajreṇājyena vācaṃ hinasānīti tasmātsārasvatīṣu na juhoti

And as to why he does not offer on the (water) from the Sarasvatî,--Sarasvatî, to be sure, is (the goddess of) Speech, and the ghee is a thunderbolt: 'Lest I should injure (the goddess of) Speech! thus (he thinks, and) therefore he does not offer on the water from the Sarasvatî.

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

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