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Shatapatha Brahmana 6.5.4.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6.5.4.3

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6.5.4.3

aditiṣṭvā devī viśvadevyāvatī | pṛthivyāḥ sadhasthe aṅgirasvatkhanatvavaṭetyavaṭo haiṣa devatrātra sā vaiṇavyabhrirutsīdati catuḥsraktireṣa kūpo bhavati catasro vai diśaḥ sarvābhya evainametaddigbhyaḥ khanatyatha racanamavadhāyāṣāḍhāmavadadhāti tūṣṇīmeva tāṃ hi pūrvāṃ karoti

[Vâ,. S. XI, 61] 'May the divine Aditi, clear to all the gods, dig thee, Aṅgiras-like, O hole, in the lap of the earth!'--for this hole (is dug) among the gods. That bamboo spade now disappears. This hole is four-cornered, for there are four quarters: he thus digs it from all the quarters. Having then laid down fuel in it, he silently puts the 'invincible' (brick) thereon, for that is made first.

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

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