Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 1.8.2

१.८.२ athānuyājakarma
te vā ete ulmuke udūhanti / anuyājebhyo yātayāmeva vā etadagnirbhavati devebhyo hi yajñamūhivānbhavatyayātayāmnyanuyājāṃstanavāmahā iti tasmādvā ete ulmuke udūhanti -

te punaranusaṃsparśayanti / punarevaitadagnimāpyāyayantyayātayāmānaṃ kurvantyayātayāmni yadata urdhvamasaṃsthitaṃ yajñasya tattanavāmā iti tasmātpunaranusaṃsparśayanti -

atha samidhamabhyādadhāti / saminddha evainametatsamiddhe yadata ūrdhvamasaṃsthitaṃ yajñasya tattanavāmahā iti tasmātsamidhamabhyādadhāti -

tāṃ hotānumantrayate / eṣā te agne samittayā vardhasva cā ca pyāyasva vardhiṣīmahi ca vayamā ca pyāsiṣīmahīti tadyathaivādaḥ samidhyamānāyānvāhaivamevaitadanvāha tadetaddhotuḥ karma sa yadi manyeta na hotā vedetyapi svayameva yajamāno'numantrayeta -

atha sammārṣṭi / yunaktyevainametadyukto yadata ūrdhvamasaṃsthitaṃ yajñasya tadvahāditi tasmātsammārṣṭi sakṛtsakṛtsammārṣṭi tristrirvā agre devebhyaḥ sammṛjanti nettathā karavāma yathā devebhya iti tasmātsakṛtsakṛtsammārṣṭyajāmitāyai jāmi ha kuryādyattriḥ pūrvaṃ triraparaṃ tasmātsakṛtsakṛtsammārṣṭi -

sa sammārṣṭi / agne vājajidvājaṃ tvā sasṛvāṃsaṃ vājajitaṃ sammārjmīti sariṣyantamiti vā agra āha sariṣyanniva hi tarhi bhavatyathātra sasṛvāṃsamiti sasṛveva hyatra bhavati tasmādāha sasṛvāṃsamiti -

athānuyājānyajati / yā vā etena yajñena devatā hvayati yābhya eṣa yajñastāyate sarvā vai tattā iṣṭā bhavanti tadyattāsu sarvāsviṣṭāsvathaitatpaścevānuyajati tasmādanuyājā nāma -

atha yadanuyājānyajati / chandāṃsi vā anuyājāḥ paśavo vai devānāṃ chandāṃsi tadyathedaṃ paśavo yuktā manuṣyebhyo vahantyevaṃ chandāṃsi yuktāni devebhyo yajñaṃ vahanti tadyatra chandāṃsi devāntsamatarpayannatha chandāṃsi devāḥ samatarpayaṃstadatastatprāgabhūdyacchandāṃsi yuktāni devebhyo yajñamavākṣuryadenāntsamatītṛpan -

atha yadanuyājānyajati / chandāṃsi vā anuyājāśchandāṃsyevaitatsaṃtarpayati tasmādanuyājānyajati tasmādyena vāhanena dhāvayettadvimucya brūyātpāyayatainatsuhitaṃ kurutetyeṣa u vāhanasyāpahnavaḥ -

sa vai khalu barhiḥ prathamaṃ yajati / tadvai kaniṣṭhaṃ chandaḥ sadgāyatrī prathamā chandasāṃ yujyate tadu tadvīryeṇaiva yacchyeno bhūtvā divaḥ somamāharattadayathāyathaṃ manyante yatkaniṣṭhaṃ chandaḥ sadgāyatrī prathamācchandasāṃ yujyate'thātra yathāyathaṃ devāśchandāṃsyakalpayannanuyājeṣu netpāpavasyasamasaditi -

sa vai khalu barhiḥ prathamaṃ yajati / ayaṃ vai loko barhiroṣadhayo barhirasminnevaitalloka oṣadhīrdadhāti tā imā asmiṃloka oṣadhayaḥ pratiṣṭhitāstadidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadasyāṃ teneyaṃ jagatī tajjagatīṃ prathamāmakurvan -

atha narāśaṃsaṃ dvitīyaṃ yajati / antarikṣaṃ vai narāśaṃsaḥ prajā vai narastā imā antarikṣamanu vāvadyamānāḥ prajāścaranti yadvai vadati śaṃsatīti vai tadāhustasmādantarikṣaṃ narāśaṃso'ntarikṣamu vai triṣṭuptattriṣṭubhaṃ dvitīyāmakurvan -

athāgniruttamaḥ / gāyatrī vā agnistadgāyatrīmuttamāmakurvannevaṃ yathāyathena kḷptena chandāṃsi pratyatiṣṭhaṃstasmādidamapāpavasyasam -

devānyajetyevādhvaryurāha / devaṃdevamiti sarveṣu hotā devānāṃ vai devāḥ santi chandāṃsyeva paśavo hyeṣāṃ gṛhā hi paśavaḥ pratiṣṭho hi gṛhāśchandāṃsi vā anuyājāstasmāddevānyajetyevādhvaryurāha devaṃ devamiti sarveṣu hotā -

vasuvane vasudheyasyeti / devatāyā eva vaṣaṭkriyate devatāyai hūyate na vā atra devatāstyanuyājeṣu devaṃ barhiriti tatra nāgnirnendro na somo devo narāśaṃsa iti ṛta ekaṃ cana yo vā atrāgnirgāyatrī sa nidānena -

atha yadvasuvane vasudheyasyeti yajati / agnirvai vasuvanirindro vasudheyo'sti vai chandasāṃ devatendrāgnī evaivamu haitaddevatāyā eva vaṣaṭkriyate devatāyai hūyate -

athottamamanuyājamiṣṭvā samānīya juhoti / prayājānuyājā vā ete tadyathaivādaḥ prayājeṣu yajamānāya dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ baliṃ hārayatyattra ādyaṃ baliṃ hārayatyevamevaitadanuyājeṣu baliṃ hārayati -