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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.3.1.19

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.3.1.19

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Sanskrit

7.3.1.19

sphyenāharati | vajro vai sphyo vīryaṃ vai vajro vittiriyaṃ vīryeṇa vai vittiṃ vindate

He takes them with the sacrificial (wooden) sword,--the sword is a thunderbolt, and the thunderbolt means force, and this (earth) means wealth: by force he thus obtains wealth.

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

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