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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.5.2.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.5.2.5

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8.5.2.5

saṃyaccanda iti | rātrirvai saṃyaccando viyaccanda ityaharvai viyaccando bṛhaccanda ityasau vai loko bṛhaccando rathantaraṃ canda ityayaṃ vai loko rathantaraṃ cando nikāyaścanda iti vāyurvai nikāyaścando vivadhaścanda ityantarikṣaṃ vai vivadhaścando giraścanda ityannaṃ vai giraścando bhrajaścanda ityagnirvai bhrajaścandaḥ saṃstupcando 'nuṣṭupcanda iti vāgeva saṃstupcando vāganuṣṭupcanda evas=cando varivaścanda iti tasyokto bandhuḥ

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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