Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 11.1.2
ghnanti vā etadyajñam/ yadenaṃ tanvate yanveva rājānamabhiṣuṇvaṃti tattaṃ ghnanti yatpaśuṃ saṃjñapayanti viśāsati tattaṃ ghnantyulūkhalamusalābhyāṃ dṛṣadupalābhyāṃ haviryajñaṃ ghnanti -
taṃ hatvā yajñam/ agnāveva yonau retobhūtaṃ siñcatyagnirvai yoniryajñasya sa tataḥ prajāyate taddaśatā āhutīḥ sampādayedyābhyo vaṣaṭkriyate -
ayaṃ vai yajño yo'yaṃ pavate/ so'yameka ivaiva pavate so'yaṃ puruṣe'ntaḥ praviṣṭo daśadhā vihitaḥ sa evaṃ kḷptaiḥ prāṇairagneryoneradhijāyate saiṣā daśākṣarā virāṭsaiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
atho api nava syuḥ/ tannyūnāṃ virājaṃ karoti prajananāya nyūnādvā imāḥ prajāḥ prajāyante saiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
atho apyekātiriktā syāt/ sā prajāpatimabhyatiricyate saiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
atho api dve atirikte syātām/ dvandvaṃ vai mithunaṃ prajananaṃ mithunamevaitatprajananaṃ kriyate saiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
atho api tisro'tiriktāḥ syuḥ/ dvandvamaha mithunaṃ prajananamatha yajjāyate tattṛtīyaṃ saiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
atho api catasro'tiriktāḥ syuḥ/ tadyathaikaivaṃ catasrastrayo vā ime lokāstadimāneva
lokāṃstisṛbhirāpnoti prajāpatirvā atīmāṃllokāṃścaturthastatprajāpatimeva caturthyā''pnoti saiṣā sampatsa yajñaḥ -
sa yaddvābhyāmūnaṃ tadūnaṃ/ so'yajño yatpañcabhiratiriktaṃ tadatiriktaṃ so'yajñaḥ saiṣaiva daśatyadhi saṃpadeṣā viṃśatyāmeṣā''sahasrāt -
ājiṃ vā ete dhāvanti/ ye darśapūrṇamāsābhyāṃ yajante sa vai pañcadaśa varṣāṇi yajeta
teṣāṃ pañcadaśānāṃ varṣāṇāṃ trīṇi ca śatāni ṣaṣṭiśca paurṇamāsyaścāmāvāsyāśca trīṇi ca vai śatāni ṣaṣṭiśca saṃvatsarasya rātrayastadrātrīrāpnoti -
athāparāṇi pañcadaśaiva varṣāṇi yajeta/ teṣāṃ pañcadaśānāṃ varṣāṇāṃ trīṇi caiva śatāni ṣaṣṭiśca paurṇamāsyaścāmāvāsyāśca trīṇi ca vai śatāni ṣaṣṭiśca saṃvatsarasyāhāni tadahānyāpnoti tadveva saṃvatsaramāpnoti -
martyā ha vā agre devā āsuḥ/ sa yadaiva te saṃvatsaramāpurathāmṛtā āsuḥ sarvaṃ vai saṃvatsaraḥ sarvaṃ vā akṣayyameteno hāsyākṣayyaṃ sukṛtaṃ bhavatyakṣayyo lokaḥ -
sa ājisṛtāmekaḥ/ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstriṃśataṃ varṣāṇi yajate tasmādu triṃśatameva varṣāṇi yajeta yadyu dākṣāyaṇayajñī syādatho api pañcadaśaiva varṣāṇi yajetātra hyeva sā sampatsampadyate dve hi paurṇamāsyau yajate dve amāvāsye atro eva khalu sā sampadbhavati -
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