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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 6.5.4.16

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.4.16

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Sanskrit

6.5.4.16

ajāyai payasācṛṇatti | prajāpatervai śokādajā samabhavanprajāpatiragnirno vā ātmātmānaṃ hinastyahiṃsāyai yadvevājāyā ajā ha sarvā oṣadhīratti sarvāsāmevaināmetadoṣadhīnāṃ rasenācṛṇatti

He pours goat's milk into it to avoid injury; for the goat sprang from Pragâpati's head, and Pragâpati is Agni; and one does not injure one's own self. And as to why it is goat's (milk),--the goat eats all (kinds of) herbs: he thus pours into it (the pan) the sap of all (kinds of) herbs.

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

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