Paippalāda-Saṃhitā · Chapter 8.9
brahmajyeṣṭhā saṃbhṛtā vīryāṇi
brahmāgre jyeṣṭhaṃ divam ā tatāna |
bhūtānāṃ brahma prathamota jajñe
tenārhati brahmaṇā spardhituṃ kaḥ ||
brahmeme dyāvāpṛthivī
brahmeme sapta sindhavaḥ |
brahmeme sarva ādityā
brahma devā upāsate ||
brahma brāhmaṇo vadati
brahma rātrī ni viśate |
sāvitraṃ brahmaṇo jātaṃ
brahmaṇāgnir vi rocate ||
brahmauṣadhayo ni tiṣṭhanti
brahma varṣanti vṛṣṭayaḥ |
brahmedaṃ sarvam ātmanvad
yāvat sūryo vipaśyati ||
brahma hotā brahma yajño
brahmaṇā svaravo mitāḥ |
adhvaryur brahmaṇo jāto
brahmaṇot tirate haviḥ ||
brahma sruco ghṛtavatīr
brahmaṇā vedir udyatā |
brahma yajñasya tantava
ṛtvijo ye haviṣkṛtaḥ ||
brahma ṛṣabho bhadraretā
brahma gāvo haviṣkṛtaḥ |
brahma rathasya devasya
yaj jayāti svaraṅkṛtaḥ ||
brahmaṇā śīraṃ vahati
brahmaṇā yujyate rathaḥ |
brahmaṇā puruṣo dvipān
na vyathate caran ||
brahmaṇo jātā ṛṣayo
brahmaṇo rājanyā uta |
brahmedaṃ brahmaṇo jātaṃ
brahmaṇo +'viṣyā annam ||
brahma śūdrā rājanyānāṃ
brahmaiṣām uta vikṣadaḥ |
brahmaiṣāṃ bhadraṃ sādanaṃ
brahmaṇaiṣāṃ sabhāsadaḥ ||
brahma dāśā brahma dāsā
brahmeme kitavā uta |
strīpuṃsau brahmaṇo jātau
striyo brahma uta vāvana ||
brahmodvato nivato brahma saṃvato
vānaspatyāḥ parvatā brahma vīrudhaḥ |
brahmedaṃ sarvam anv ā tatāna-
-antarā dyāvāpṛthivī ubhe ||
brahmaivābhūd uttaraṃ jātavedo
radvajro yātudhānaṃ mahālam |
bhavāśarvau tapuṣīṃ hetim asmai
mayeṣitau vi sṛjatāṃ vadhāya ||
Original text: Paippalāda-Saṃhitā · Edition: Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume One, Consisting of the first fifteen Kāṇḍas Calcutta The Asiatic Society Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume Two, Consisting of the sixteenth Kāṇḍa Calcutta The Asiatic Society Dipak Bhattacharya The Paippalāda-Saṁhitā of the Atharvaveda. Volume three, consisting of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth · Data entry Arlo Griffiths Thomas Zehnder Philipp Kubisch Duccio Lelli Alexander Lubotsky Carmen Spiers Michael Witzel · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0