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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 7.4.2.17

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 7.4.2.17

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7.4.2.17

tadāhuḥ | yadasāveva yajamāno yo 'sau hiraṇmayaḥ puruṣo 'tha katamadasyedaṃ rūpamiti daivo vā asya sa ātmā manuṣo 'yaṃ tadyatsa hiraṇmayo bhavatyamṛtaṃ vā asya tadrūpaṃ devarūpamamṛtaṃ hiraṇyamatha yadiyam mṛdaḥ kṛtā bhavati mānuṣaṃ hyasyedaṃ rūpam

Here now they say, 'If (the dviyagus) is that same Sacrificer who is that gold man, which then is that (real) form of his?' Well, that (gold man) is his divine body, and this (brick) is his human one. As to that gold man, that is his immortal form, his divine form; gold being immortal. And as to this (brick) being made of clay, it is because this is his human form.

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

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