Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 3.4.3

३.४.३.pravargyakarmaṇi avāntaradīkṣā
ātithyena vai devā iṣṭvā / tāntsamadavindatte tānūnaptraiḥ samaśāmyaṃsta etasya prāyaścittimaicchanyadanyo'nyaṃ pāpamavadannāha purāvabhṛthātpunardīkṣāmavākalpayaṃsta etāmavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmapaśyan -

te'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyāṅgayanta / tapo vā agnistapo dīkṣā tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyaṃstadyadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyaṃstasmādavāntaradīkṣā saṃtarāmaṅgulīrāñcanta saṃtarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryastāmevaināmetatsatīṃ paryāsyanta tatho evaiṣa etadyadataḥ prācīnamavratyaṃ vā karotyavratyaṃ vā vadati tasyaivaitatprāyaścittiṃ kurute -

so'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyaṅgayate / tapo vā agnistapo dīkṣā tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupaiti saṃtarāmaṅgulīracate saṃtarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryastāmevaināmetatsatīmparyasyate prajāmu haiva taddevā upāyan -

te'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyāṅgayanta / agnirvai mithunasya kartā prajanayitā tatprajāmupāyantsaṃtarāmaṅgulīrāñcanta saṃtarāṃ mekhalāṃ tatprajāmātmannakurvata tatho evaiṣa etatprajāmevopaiti -

so'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyaṅgayate / agnirvai mithunasya kartā prajanayitā tatprajāmupaiti saṃtarāmaṅgulīracate saṃtarāṃ mekhalāṃ tatprajāmātmankurute -

devānāmu ha sma dīkṣitānām / yaḥ samiddhāro vā svādhyāyaṃ vā visṛjate taṃ ha smetarasyaivetaraṃ rūpeṇetarasyetaramasurarakṣasāni jighāṃsanti te ha pāpaṃ vadanta upasameyuriti vai māṃ tvamacikīrṣīriti mā jighāṃsīrityagnirhaiva tathā nānyamuvādāgniṃ tathā nānyaḥ -

te hocuḥ / apītthaṃ tvāmagne'vādiṣūriti naivāhamanyaṃ na māmanya iti -

te'viduḥ / ayaṃ vai no virakṣastamo'syaiva rūpamasāma tena rakṣāṃsyatimokṣyāmahe tena svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnuviṣyāmaha iti te'gnereva rūpamabhavaṃstena rakṣāṃsyatyamucyanta tena svargaṃ lokaṃ samāśnuvata tatho evaiṣa etadagnereva rūpaṃ bhavati tena rakṣāṃsyatimucyate tena svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnute sa vai samidhamevābhyādadhadavāntaradīkṣāmupaiti -

sa samidhamabhyādadhāti / agne vratapāstve vratapā ityagnirhi devānāṃ vratapatistasmādāhāgne vratapāstve vratapā iti yā tava tanūriyaṃ sā mayi yo mama tanūreṣā sā tvayi saha nau vratapate vratānīti tadagninā tvacaṃ vipalyaṅgayate'nu me dīkṣāṃ dīkṣāpatirmanyatāmanu tapastapaspatiriti tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupaiti saṃtarāmaṅgulīracate saṃtarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryastāmevaitatsatīṃ paryasyate -

athainamato madantībhirupacaranti / tapo vā agnistapo madantyastasmādenammadantībhirupacaranti -

atha madantībhirupaspṛśya / rājānamāpyāyayanti tadyanmadantīrupaspṛśya rājānamāpyāyayanti vajro vā ājyaṃ retaḥ somo nedvajreṇājyena retaḥ somaṃ hinasāmeti tasmānmadantīrupaspṛśya rājānamāpyāyayanti-

tadāhuḥ / yasmā etadāpyāyanaṃ kriyata ātithyaṃ somāya tamevāgra āpyāyayeyurathāvāntaradīkṣāmatha tānūnaptrāṇīti tadu tathā na kuryādyajñasya vā evaṃ karmātra vā enāntsamadavindatte saṃśamameva pūrvamupāyannathāvāntaradīkṣāmathāpyāyanam -

tadyadāpyāyayanti / devo vai somo divi hi somo vṛtro vai soma āsīttasyaitaccharīraṃ
yadgirayo yadaśmānastadeṣo'śānā nāmauṣadhirjāyata iti ha smāha śvetaketurauddālakistāmetadāhṛtyābhiṣuṇvanti tāṃ dīkṣopasadbhistānūnaptrairāpyāyanena somaṃ kurvantīti tatho evaināmeṣa etaddīkṣopasadbhistānūnaptrairāpyāyanena somaṃ karoti -

madhu sāraghamiti vā āhuḥ / yajño ha vai madhu sāraghamathaita eva saragho madhukṛto yadṛtvijastadyathā madhu madhukṛtaāpyāyayeyurevamevaitadyajñamāpyāyayanti -

yajñena vai devāḥ / imāṃ jitiṃ jigyuryaiṣāmiyaṃ jitiste hocuḥ kathaṃ na idammanuṣyairanabhyārohyaṃ syāditi te yajñasya rasaṃ dhītvā yathā madhu madhukṛto nirdhayeyurviduhya yajñaṃ yūpena yopayitvā tiro'bhavannatha yadenenāyopayaṃstasmādyūpo nāma -

tadvā ṛṣīṇāmanuśrutamāsa / te yajñaṃ samabharanyathāyaṃ yajñaḥ sambhṛta evaṃ vā eṣa yajñaṃ sambharati yo dīkṣate vāgvai yajñastadyadevātra yajñasya nirdhītaṃ yadvidugdhaṃ tadevaitatpunarāpyāyayati-

te vai ṣaḍbhūtvāpyāyayanti / ṣaḍvā ṛtava ṛtava evaitadbhūtvāpyāyayanti -

ta āpyāyayanti / aṃśuraṃśuṣṭe deva somāpyāyatāmiti tadasyāṃśumaṃśumevāpyāyayantīndrāyaikadhanavida itīndro vai yajñasya devatā tasmādāhendrāyetyekadhanavida iti śataṃśataṃ ha sma vā eṣa devānpratyekaika evāṃśurekadhanānāpyāyate daśadaśa vā tubhyamindraḥ pyāyatāmā tvamindrāya pyāyasvetīndro vai yajñasya devatā sā yaiva yajñasya devatā tāmevaitadāpyāyayatyātvamindrāya pyāyasveti tadetasminnāpyāyanaṃ dadhātyāpyāyayāsmāntsakhīntsanyā medhayeti sa yatsanoti tattadāha yatsanyetyatha yadanubrūte tadu tadāha yanmedhayeti svasti te deva soma satyāmaśīyetyekā vā eteṣāmāśīrbhavatyṛtvijāṃ ca yajamānasya ca yajñasyodṛcaṃ gacchemeti yajñasyodṛcaṃ gacchānītyevaitadāha -

atha prastare nihnuvate / uttarataupacāro vai yajño'thaitaddakṣiṇevānvityāpyāyayantyagnirvai yajñastadyajñaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kurvanti tanmithyākurvanti devebhya āvṛścyante yajño vai prastarastadyajñaṃ punarārabhante tasyo haiṣā prāyaścittistatho haiṣāmetanna mithyākṛtaṃ bhavati na devebhya āvṛścyante tasmātprastare nihnuvate -

tadāhuḥ / akte nihnuvīrānanaktā ityanakte haiva nihnuvīranna nu praharaṇaṃ hyevāktasya -

te nihnuvate / eṣṭā rāyaḥ preṣe bhagāya ṛtamṛtavādibhya iti satyaṃ satyavādibhya ityaivaitadāha namo dyāvāpṛthivībhyāmiti tadābhyāṃ dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ nihnuvate yayoridaṃ sarvamadhi -

athāha samullupya prastaram / agnīnmadantyāpā iti madantītyagnīdāha tābhirehītyuparyuparyagnimatiharati sa yannānupraharatyetena hyata ūrdhvānyahāni pracariṣyanbhavatyatha yaduparyuparyagnimatiharati tadevāsyānuprahṛtabhājanambhavati tamagnīdhe prayacchati tamagnīnnidadhāti -