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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.5.2.4

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.5.2.4

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8.5.2.4

sindhuścanda iti | prāṇo vai sindhuścandaḥ samudraścanda iti mano vai samudraścandaḥ sariraṃ canda iti vāgvai sariraṃ candaḥ kakupcanda iti prāṇo vai kakupcandastrikakupcanda ityudāno vai trikakupcandaḥ kāvyaṃ canda iti trayī vai vidyā kāvyaṃ cando 'ṅkupaṃ canda ityāpo vā aṅkupaṃ cando 'kṣarapaṅktiścanda ityasau vai loko 'kṣarapaṅktiścandaḥ padapaṅktiścanda ityayaṃ vai lokaḥ padapaṅktiścando viṣṭārapaṅktiścanda iti diśo vai viṣṭārapaṅktiścandaḥ kṣuro bhrajaścanda ityasau vā ādityaḥ kṣuro bhrajaścanda ācaccandaḥ pracaccanda ityannaṃ vā ācaccando 'nnam pracaccandaḥ

And, again, as to why he lays it down by means of Indra and Agni, and settles it by means of Visvakarman. When Pragâpati had become relaxed (disjointed), the deities took him and went off in different directions. Indra and Agni, and Visvakarman took his middle part, and kept going away from him.

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

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