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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.5.2.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.2.5

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Sanskrit

6.5.2.5

athottaramuddhimādadhāti | ādityāstvā kṛṇvantu jāgatena candasāṅgirasvaditi dyaurhaiṣa uddhistametadādityā jāgatena candasākurvaṃstathaivainamayametajjāgatena candasā karotyaṅgirasvaditi prāṇo vā aṅgirā dhruvāsīti sthirāsītyetadatho pratiṣṭhitāsīti dyaurasīti dyaurhyeṣa uddhirdhārayā mayi prajāṃ rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyaṃ suvīryaṃ sajātānyajamānāyetyetadvā ādityā divaṃ kṛtvā tasyāmetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāno divaṃ kṛtvā tasyāmetāmāśiṣamāśāste

He lays on the upper side-part, with, 'May the Âdityas, Aṅgiras-like, fashion thee by the Gagatî metre!' for this side-part is yonder sky, and this the Âdityas fashioned by means of the Gagatî metre; and in like manner does this one now fashion it by means of the Gagatî metre;--'Aṅgiras-like,' he says, for Aṅgiras is the breath;--'Thou art steadfast!'--that is, 'thou art firm,' or 'thou art fixed;'--'Thou art the sky!' for that side-part is indeed the sky;--'Establish in me offspring, increase of wealth, lordship of cattle, manhood, clansmen for the Sacrificer!' For the Âdityas, having fashioned the sky, invoked this blessing thereon; and in like manner the Sacrificer, having fashioned the sky, now invokes this blessing thereon.

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

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