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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.1.9

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.1.9

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7.2.1.9

asunvantamayajamānamiceti | yo vai na sunoti na yajate taṃ nirṛtirṛcati stenasyetyāmanvihi taskarasyeti stenasya cetyāmanvihi taskarasya cetyetadatho yathā stenastaskaraḥ pralāyametyevam pralāyamihītyanyamasmadica sā ta ityetyanitthaṃvidvāṃsamicetyetannamo devi nirṛte tubhyamastviti namaskāreṇaivaināmapahate

[He lays them down, with Vâg. S. XII, 62-64] 'Seek thou him that offereth not Soma, nor other offering!' him who neither presses Soma nor makes offering Nirriti indeed visits;--'Of the thief do thou follow the way, of the robber!' that is, 'follow the way both of the thief and the robber, and even as a thief or a robber remains concealed, so do thou remain concealed!'--'Seek thou some one other than us: this is thy way;' that is, 'seek him who is ignorant of this (sacred work);'--'Homage be to thee, O divine Nirriti!' he thus turns Nirriti aside by rendering homage to her.

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

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