Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 13.4.4

saṃvatsare paryavete dīkṣā prājāpatyamālabhyotsīdantīṣṭayaḥ purohitasyāgniṣu yajetetyu haika āhuḥ kimu dīkṣito yajeta dvādaśa dīkṣā dvādaśopasadastisraḥ sutyāstattriṇavamabhisampadyate vajro vai triṇavaḥ kṣatramaśvaḥ kṣatraṃ rājanyo vajreṇa khalu vai kṣatraṃ spṛtaṃ tadvajreṇaiva kṣatraṃ spṛṇoti -

dīkṣaṇīyāyāṃ saṃsthitāyām sāyaṃ vāci visṛṣṭāyāṃ vīṇāgaṇagina upasametā bhavanti
tānadhvaryuḥ sampreṣyati vīṇāgaṇagina ityāha devairimaṃ yajamānaṃ saṃgāyateti taṃ te tathā saṃgāyanti -

aharaharvāci visṛṣṭāyām agnīṣomīyāṇāmantataḥ saṃsthāyāṃ parihṛtāsu vasatīvarīṣu tadyadenaṃ devaiḥ saṃgāyanti devairevainaṃ tatsalokaṃ kurvanti -

prajāpatinā sutyāsu evamevāharahaḥ parihṛtāsveva vasatīvarīṣūdavasānīyāyāmantataḥ saṃsthitāyāṃ tadyadenaṃ prajāpatinā saṃgāyanti prajāpatinaivainaṃ tadantataḥ salokaṃ kurvanti -

ekaviṃśatiryūpāḥ sarva ekaviṃśatyaratnayo rājjudālo'gniṣṭho bhavati paitudāravāvabhitaḥ ṣaḍbailvāstraya itthāttraya itthātṣaṭkhādirāstraya evetthāttraya'itthātṣaṭpālāśāstraya evetthāttraya itthāt -

tadyadeta evaṃ yūpā bhavanti prajāpateḥ prāṇeṣūtkrānteṣu śarīraṃ śvayitumadhriyata tasya yaḥ śleṣmāsītsa sārdhaṃ samavadrutya madhyato nasta udabhinatsa eṣa vanaspatirabhavadrajjudālastasmātsa śleṣmaṇāḥ śleṣmaṇo hi samabhavattenaivainaṃ tadrūpeṇa samardhayati tadyatso'gniṣṭho bhavati madhyaṃ vā etadyūpānāṃ yadagniṣṭho madhyametatprāṇānāṃ yannāsike sva evainaṃ tadāyatane dadhāti -

atha yadāpomayaṃ teja āsīt yo gandhaḥ sa sārdhaṃ samavadrutya cakṣuṣṭa udabhinatsa eṣa vanaspatirabhavatpītudārustasmātsa surabhirgandhāddhi samabhavattasmādu jvalanastejaso hi samabhavattenaivainaṃ tadrūpeṇa samardhayati tadyattāvabhito'gniṣṭhaṃ bhavatastasmādime abhito nāsikāṃ cakṣuṣī sva evainau tadāyatane dadhāti -

atha yatkuntāpamāsīt yo majjā sa sārdhaṃ samavadrutya śrotrata udabhinatsa eṣa vanaspatirabhavadbilvastasmāttasyāntarataḥ sarvameva phalamādyaṃ bhavati tasmādu hāridra iva bhavati hāridra iva hi majjā tenaivainaṃ tadrūpeṇa samardhayatyantare paitudāruvau bhavato bāhye bailvā antare hi cakṣuṣī bāhye śrotre sva evaināṃstadāyatane dadhāti -

asthibhya evāsya khadiraḥ samabhavat tasmātsa dāruṇo bahusāro dāruṇamiva hyasthi tenaivainaṃ tadrūpeṇa samardhayatyantare bailvā bhavanti bāhye khādirā antare hi majjāno bāhyānyasthīni sva evaināṃstadāyatane dadhāti -

māṃsebhya evāsya palāśaḥ samabhavat tasmātsa bahuraso lohitaraso lohitamiva hi māṃsaṃ tenaivainaṃ tadrūpeṇa samardhayatyantare khādirā bhavanti bāhye pālāśa'antarāṇi hyasthīni bāhyāni māṃsāni sva evaināṃstadāyatane dadhāti -

atha yadekaviṃśatirbhavanti ekaviṃśatyaratnaya ekaviṃśo vā eṣa tapati dvādaśamāsāḥ pañcartavastraya ime lokā asāvāditya ekaviṃśaḥ so'śvamedha' eṣa prajāpatirevametaṃ prajāpatiṃ yajñaṃ kṛtsnaṃ saṃskṛtya tasminnekaviṃśatimagnīṣomīyānpaśūnālabhate teṣāṃ samānaṃ karmetyetatpūrvedyuḥ karma -