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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 8.5.2.6

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8.5.2.6

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8.5.2.6

vayaścanda iti | annaṃ vai vayaścando vayaskṛccanda ityagnirvai vayaskṛccando viṣpardhāścanda ityasau vai loko viṣpardhāścando viśālaṃ canda ityayaṃ vai loko viśālaṃ candaścadiścanda ityantarikṣaṃ vai cadiścando dūrohaṇaṃ canda ityasau vā ādityo dūrohaṇaṃ candastandraṃ canda iti paṅktirvai tandraṃ cando 'ṅkāṅkaṃ canda ityāpo vā aṅkāṅkaṃ candaḥ

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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