Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 11.1.8
devāśca vā asurāśca/ ubhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire tato'surā atimānenaiva kasminnu
vayaṃ juhuyāmeti sveṣvevāsyeṣu juhvataśceruste'timānenaiva parābabhūvustasmānnātimanyeta parābhavasya haitanmukhaṃ yadatimānaḥ -
atha devāḥ anyo'nyasminneva juhvataścerustebhyaḥ prajāpatirātmānaṃ pradadau yajño haiṣāmāsa yajño hi devānāmannaṃ -
sa devebhya ātmānaṃ pradāya/ athaitamātmanaḥ pratimāmasṛjata yadyajñaṃ tasmādāhuḥ prajāpatiryajña ityātmano hyetaṃ pratimāmasṛjata -
sa etena yajñena/ devebhya ātmānaṃ nirakrīṇīta sa yadvratamupaiti yathaiva tatprajāpatirdevebhya ātmānaṃ prāyacchadevamevaiṣa etaddevebhya ātmānaṃ prayacchati tasmādu saṃyata evaitāṃ rātriṃ cicariṣedyathā haviṣā caredevaṃ havirhyeṣa devānāṃ bhavati -
atha yadyajñaṃ tanute/ yajñenaivaitaddevebhya ātmānaṃ niṣkrīṇīte yathaiva tatprajāpatirnirakrīṇītaivamatha yaddhavirnirvapati haviṣaivaitadyajñaṃ niṣkrīṇāti haviranuvākyayā'nuvākyāmavadānenāvadānaṃ yājyayā yājyāṃ vaṣaṭkāreṇa vaṣaṭkāramāhutyā tasyāhutirevāniṣkrītā bhavati -
sa yathāgrapraśīrṇo vṛkṣaḥ/ evamasyaiṣa yajño bhavatyāhutimevānvāhāryeṇa niṣkrīṇāti tadyadetaddhīnaṃ yajñasyānvāharati tasmādanvāhāryo nāmaivamu hāsyaiṣa sarva eva yajño niṣkrīto bhavatyeṣa ha vai yajamānasyāmuṣmiṃloka ātmā bhavati yadyajña sa ha sarvatanūreva yajamāno'muṣmiṃloke sambhavati ya evaṃ vidvānniṣkrītyā yajate -
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