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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.2.2.12

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.2.2.12

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7.2.2.12

atha pūrvārdhena dakṣiṇām | kāmaṃ kāmadughe dhukṣva mitrāya varuṇāya ca indrāyāśvibhyām pūṣṇe prajābhya oṣadhībhya iti sarvadevatyā vai kṛṣiretābhyo devatābhyaḥ sarvānkāmāndhukṣvetyetadityagre kṛṣatyatheti athetyatheti taddakṣiṇāvṛttaddhi devatrā

Then on the forepart he ploughs a furrow) southwards, with (Vâg. S. XII, 72), 'Milk out, O cow of plenty, their desire to Mitra, and to Varuna, to Indra, to the Asvins, to Pûshan, to creatures and plants!' husbandry is (beneficial) to all deities: thus, 'Milk out for these deities all their desires!'--He first ploughs thus (south-west to southeast), then thus (south-west to north-west), then thus (north-west to north-east), then thus (north-east to south-east): that is (sunwise), for thus it is with the gods.

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

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