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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.4.4.3

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.4.4.3

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8.4.4.3

athottarāḥ | trivṛdvatyāmeva trivṛdvatīmanūpadadhātyekaviṃśavatyāmekaviṃśavatīm pañcadaśavatyāṃ saptadaśavatīṃ saptadaśavatyām pañcadaśavatīṃ tā yadevaṃ vyatihāramupadadhāti tasmādakṣṇayāstomīyā atho yadete stomā ato 'nyathānupūrvaṃ tasmādvevākṣṇayāstomīyā atho evaṃ devā upādadhatetarathāsurāstato devā abhavanparāsurā bhavatyātmanā parāsya dviṣanbhrātṛvyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda

Then as to the subsequent (bricks). Alongside of the one (in front) containing the Trivrit he lays down one containing the Trivrit; alongside of that (at the back) containing the Ekavimsa (he lays down) one containing the Ekavimsa; alongside of that (on the south, or right, side) containing the Pañkadasa (he lays down) one containing the Saptadasa; alongside of that (on the north, or left, side) containing the Saptadasa (he lays down) one containing the Pañkadasa. And because he thus changes in laying them down, therefore they (the bricks) are of diverse stomas; and because these stomas are then otherwise with regard to the former ones, therefore also they (the bricks) are of diverse stomas. And in this way the gods laid them down, and otherwise the Asuras; whereupon the gods succeeded, and the Asuras came to naught: he who knows this, succeeds of himself, and his hateful enemy comes to naught.

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

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