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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.2.1.10

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.2.1.10

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8.2.1.10

adityāstvā pṛṣṭhe sādayāmīti | iyaṃ vā aditirasyāmevainametatpratiṣṭhāyām pratiṣṭhāpayatyantarikṣasya dhartrīṃ viṣṭambhanīṃ diśāmadhipatnīm bhuvanānāmityantarikṣasya hyeṣa dhartā viṣṭambhano diśāmadhipatirbhuvanānāmūrmirdrapso apāmasīti raso vā ūrmirviśvakarmā ta ṛṣiriti prajāpatirvai viśvakarmā prajāpatisṛṣṭāsītyetadaśvinādhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū upādhattām

[He lays it down, with Vâg. S. XIV, 5], 'I settle thee upon the back of Aditi,'--Aditi doubtless is this (earth): it is upon her, as a foundation, that he thus founds him (Agni);--'the holder of the air, the supporter of the regions, the ruler of beings,'--for he (the sun) is indeed the holder of the air, the supporter of the regions, and the ruler of beings;--'thou art the wave, the drop, of water,'--the wave, doubtless, means the essence;--'Visvakarman is thy Rishi!'--Visvakarman (the all-shaper), doubtless, is Pragâpati: thus, 'Thou art fashioned by Pragâpati.'--'May the Asvins, the Adhvaryus, settle thee here!' for the Asvins, as Adhvaryus, did lay down (this brick).

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

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