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Shatapatha Brahmana 9.5.1.11

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9.5.1.11

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9.5.1.11

agnau hutvātha bhakṣayati | daivo vā asyaiṣa ātmā mānuṣo 'yaṃ devā u vā agre 'tha manuṣyāstasmādagnau hutvātha bhakṣayati

When he has offered in the fire, he drinks (Soma); for that (fire-altar) is his divine body, and this (Sacrificer's own body) is his human one; and the gods were first, and then men: therefore he drinks (Soma), after offering in the fire.

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

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