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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.3.1.2

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.3.1.2

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Sanskrit

6.3.1.2

te yadabruvan cetayadhvamiti citimicateti vāva tadabruvanyaccetayamānā apaśyaṃstasmāccitirāhutirvai yajño yadiṣṭvāpaśyattasmādiṣṭakā

Now when they said, 'Meditate ye!' they doubtless meant to say, 'Seek ye a layer!' and inasmuch as they saw it whilst meditating (ketay), therefore it is a layer (kiti). And the libation is a sacrifice; and inasmuch as he saw it after sacrificing (ishtvâ), it is a brick (ishtakâ).

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

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