Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 2.3.2
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etā ha vai devatā yo'sti / tasminvasantīndro yamo rājā naḍo naiṣidho'naśnantsāṃgamano'sanpāṃsavaḥ -
tadvā eṣa evendraḥ / yadāhavanīyo'thaiṣa eva gārhapatyo yamo rājāthaiṣa eva naḍo naiṣidho yadanvāhāryapacanastadyadetamaharahardakṣiṇata āharanti tasmādāhuraharaharvai naḍo naiṣidho yamaṃ rājānaṃ dakṣiṇata upanayatīti -
atha ya eṣa sabhāyāmagniḥ / eṣa evānaśnantsāṃgamanastadyadetamanaśitvevopasaṃgacchante tasmādeṣo'naśnannatha yadetadbhasmoddhṛtya parāvapantyeṣa evāsanpāṃsavaḥ sa yo haivametadvedaivammayyetā devatā vasantīti sarvānhaivaitāṃllokāñjayati sarvāṃllokānanusaṃcarati -
teṣāmupasthānam / yadeva sāyaṃ prātarāhavanīyamupa ca tiṣṭhata upa cāste tadeva tasyopasthānamatha yadeva pratiparetya gārhapatyamāste vā śete vā tadeva tasyopasthānamatha yatraiva saṃvrajannanvāhāryapacanamupasmarettadeva tammanasopatiṣṭheta tadeva tasyopasthānam -
atha prātaḥ / anaśitvā muhūrtaṃ sabhāyāmāsitvāpi kāmaṃ palyayeta tadeva tasyopasthānamatha yatraiva bhasmoddhṛtamupanigacchettadeva tasyopasthānamevamu hāsyaitā devatā upasthitā bhavanti -
yajamānadevatyo vai gārhapatyaḥ / athaiṣa bhrātṛvyadevatyo yadanvāhāryapacanastasmādetaṃ nāharaharāhareyurna ha vā asya sapatnā bhavanti yasyaivaṃ viduṣa etaṃ nāharaharāharantyanvāhāryapacano vā eṣaḥ -
upavasatha evainamāhareyuḥ / yatraivāsminyakṣyanto bhavanti tatho hāsyaiṣo'moghāyāhṛto bhavati -
navāvasite vainamāhareyuḥ / tasminpaceyustadbrāhmaṇā aśnīyuryadyu tanna vindedyatpacedapi goreva dugdhamadhiśrayitavai brūyāttasminbrāhmaṇānpāyayitavai brūyātpāpīyāṃso ha vā asya sapatnā bhavanti yasyaivaṃ viduṣa evaṃ kurvanti tasmādevameva cikīrṣet -
tadyatraitatprathamaṃ samiddho bhavati / dhūpyata iva tarhi haiṣa bhavati rudraḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta yathemā rudraḥ prajā aśraddhayeva tvatsahaseva tvannighātamivatvatsacata evamannamadyāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti -
atha yatraitatpradīptataro bhavati / tarhi haiṣa bhavati varuṇaḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta yathemā varuṇaḥ prajā gṛhṇanniva tvatsahaseva tvannighātamiva tvatsacata evamannamadyāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti -
atha yatraitatpradīpto bhavati / uccairdhūmaḥ paramayā jūtyā balbalīti tarhi haiṣa bhavatīndraḥ sa yaḥ kāmayetendraiva śriyā yaśasā syāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti -
atha yatraitatpratitarāmiva / tiraścīvārciḥ saṃśāmyato bhavati tarhi haiṣa bhavati mitraḥ sa yaḥ kāmayeta maitreṇedamannamadyāmiti yamāhuḥ sarvasya vā ayambrāhmaṇo mitraṃ na vā ayaṃ kaṃ cana hinastīti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti -
atha yatraitadaṅgārāścākaśyanta iva / tarhi haiṣa bhavati brahma sa yaḥ kāmayeta brahmavarcasī syāmiti tarhi ha sa juhuyātprāpnoti haivaitadannādyaṃ ya evaṃ vidvāṃstarhi juhoti -
eteṣāmekaṃ saṃvatsaramupertset / svayaṃ juhvadyadi vāsyānyo juhuyādatha yo'nyathānyathā juhoti yathāpo vābhikhanannanyadvānnādyaṃ sa sāmi nivartetaivaṃ tadatha yaḥ sārdhaṃ juhoti yathāpo vābhikhanannanyadvānnādyaṃ tatkṣipre'bhitṛndyādevaṃ tat -
abhrayo ha vā etā annādyasya yadāhutayaḥ / abhi haivaitadannādyaṃ tṛṇatti ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti -
sā yā pūrvāhutiḥ / te devā atha yottarā te manuṣyā atha yatsruci pariśinaṣṭi te paśavaḥ -
sa vai kanīya iva pūrvāmāhutiṃ juhoti / bhūya ivottarāṃ bhūya iva sruci pariśinaṣṭi -
sa yatkanīya iva pūrvāmāhutiṃ juhoti / kanīyāṃso hi devā manuṣyebhyo'tha yadbhūya ivottarāṃ bhūyāṃso hi manuṣyā devebhyo'tha yadbhūya iva sruci pariśinaṣṭi bhūyāṃso hi paśavo manuṣyebhyaḥ kanīyāṃso ha vā asya bhāryā bhavanti bhūyāṃsaḥ paśavo ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti tadvai samṛddhaṃ yasya kanīyāṃso bhāryā asanbhūyāṃsaḥ paśavaḥ -
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