Shatapatha Brahmana · Verses 3.5-2
३.५.२ uttaravedyāṃ agnipraṇayanam
idhmamabhyādadhati / upayamanīrupakalpayantyājyamadhiśrayati sruvaṃ ca srucaṃ sammārṣṭyathotpūyājyaṃ pañcagṛhītaṃ gṛhṇīte yadā pradīpta idhmo bhavati -
athodyacchantīdhmam / upayacchantyupayamanīrathāhāgnaye prahriyamāṇāyānubrūhyekasphyayānūdehītyanūdaiti pratiprasthātaikasphyayai tasmānmadhyamācchaṅkorya eṣa vederjaghanārdhe bhavati tadyadevātrāntaḥpātena gārhapatyasya vedervyavacchinnaṃ bhavati tadevaitadanusaṃtanoti -
taddhaike / ottaravederanūdāyanti tadu tathā na kuryādaivaitasmānmadhyamācchaṅkoranūdeyātta āyantyāgacchantyuttaravedim -
prokṣaṇīradhvaryurādatte / sa purastādevāgre prokṣatyudaṅtiṣṭhannindraghoṣastvā vasubhiḥ purastātpātvitīndraghoṣastvā vasubhiḥ purastādgopāyatvityevaitadāha -
atha paścātprokṣati / pracetāstvā rudraiḥ paścātpātviti pracetāstvā rudraiḥ paścādgopāyatvityevaitadāha -
atha dakṣiṇataḥ prokṣati / manojavāstvā pitṛbhirdakṣiṇataḥ pātviti manojavāstvā pitṛbhirdakṣiṇato gopāyatvityevaitadāha -
athottarataḥ prokṣati / viśvakarmā tvādityairuttarataḥ pātviti viśvakarmā tvādityairuttarato gopāyatvityevaitadāha -
atha yāḥ prokṣaṇyaḥ pariśiṣyante / tadye ete pūrve sraktī tayoryā dakṣiṇā tānyantena bahirvedi ninayatīdamahaṃ taptaṃ vārbahirdhā yajñānniḥsṛjāmīti sā yadevādaḥ siṃhī bhūtvā śāntevācarattāmevāsyā etacchucaṃ bahirdhā yajñānniḥsṛjati yadi nābhicaredyadyu abhicaredādiśedidamahaṃ taptaṃ vāramumabhi niḥsṛjāmīti tametayā śucā vidhyati sa śocannevāmuṃ lokameti -
sa yaddhāryamāṇe'gnau / uttaravediṃ vyāghārayati yadevaināmado devā abruvanpūrvāṃ tvāgnerāhutiḥ prāpsyatīti tadevaināmetatpūrvāmagnerāhutiḥ prāpnoti yadveṣā devānabravīdyāṃ mayā kāṃ cāśiṣamāśāsiṣyadhve sā vaḥ sarvā samardhiṣyata iti tāmenayātrartvijo yajamānāyāśiṣamāśāsate sāsmai sarvā samṛdhyate -
tadvā etadekaṃ kurvandvayaṃ karoti / yaduttaravediṃ vyāghārayatyatha yaiṣāmmadhye nābhikeva bhavati tasyai ye pūrve sraktī tayoryā dakṣiṇā -
tasyāmāghārayati / siṃhyasi svāhetyathāparayoruttarasyāṃ siṃhyasyādityavaniḥ svāhetyathāparayordakṣiṇasyāṃ siṃhyasi brahmavaniḥ kṣatravaniḥ svāheti bahvī vai yajuḥṣvāśīstadbrahma ca kṣatraṃ cāśāsta ubhe vīrye -
atha pūrvayoruttarasyām / siṃhyasi suprajāvanī rāyaspoṣavaniḥ svāheti tatprajāmāśāste
yadāha suprajāvaniriti rāyaspoṣavaniriti bhūmā vai rāyaspoṣastadbhūmānamāśāste -
atha madhya āghārayati / siṃhyasyāvaha devānyajamānāya svāheti taddevānyajamānāyāvāhayatyatha srucamudyacchati bhūtebhyastveti prajā vai bhūtāni prajābhyastvetyevaitadāha -
atha paridhīnparidadhāti / dhruvo'si pṛthivīṃ dṛṃheti madhyamaṃ dhruvakṣidasyantarikṣaṃ dṛṃheti dakṣiṇamacyutakṣidasi divaṃ dṛṃhetyuttaramagneḥ purīṣamasīti sambhārānupanivapati tadyatsambhārā bhavantyagnereva sarvatvāya -
śarīraṃ haivāsya pītudāru / tadyatpaitudāravāḥ paridhayo bhavanti śarīreṇaivainametatsamardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti -
māṃsaṃ haivāsya gulgulu / tadyadgulgulu bhavati māṃsenaivainametatsamardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti -
gandho haivāsya sugandhitejanam / tadyatsugandhitejanaṃ bhavati gandhenaivainametatsamardhayati kṛtsnaṃ karoti-
atha yadvṛṣṇe stukā bhavati / vṛṣṇerha vai viṣāṇe antareṇāgnirekāṃ rātrimuvāsa tadyadevātrāgnernyaktaṃ tadihāpyasaditi tasmādvṛṣṇe stukā bhavati tasmādyā śīrṣṇo
nediṣṭhaṃ syāttāmācchidyāharedyadyu tāṃ na vindedapi yāmeva kāṃ cāharettadyatparidhayo bhavanti guptyā eva dūra iva hyenamuttare paridhaya āgacchanti -
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