Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 4.2.3
४.२.३ ukthagrahaḥ
ayaṃ ha vā asyaiṣo'nirukta ātmā yadukthyaḥ / so'syaiṣa ātmaivātmā hyayamaniruktaḥ prāṇaḥ so'syaiṣa āyureva tasmādanayā gṛhṇātyasyai hi sthālī bhavati sthālyā hyenaṃ gṛhṇātyajarā hīyamamṛtājaraṃ hyamṛtamāyustasmādanayā gṛhṇāti -
taṃ vai pūrṇaṃ gṛhṇāti / sarvaṃ vai tadyatpūrṇaṃ sarvaṃ tadyadāyustasmātpūrṇaṃ gṛhṇāti -
tasyāsāveva dhruva āyuḥ / ātmaivāsyaitena saṃhitaḥ parvāṇi saṃtatāni tadvā agṛhīta
evaitasmādacchāvākāyottamo graho bhavati -
atha rājānamupāvaharati / tṛtīyaṃ vasatīvarīṇāmavanayati tatparva samaiti prathamamahottarasya savanasya karotyuttamaṃ pūrvasya sa yaduttarasya savanasya tatpūrvaṃ karoti yatpūrvasya taduttamaṃ tadvyatiṣajati tasmādimāni parvāṇi vyatiṣaktānīdamitthamatihānamidamittham -
evameva mādhyandine savane / agṛhīta evaitasmādacchāvākāyottamo graho bhavatyatha tṛtīyaṃ vasatīvarīṇāmavanayati tatparva samaiti prathamamahottarasya savanasya karotyuttamaṃ pūrvasya sa yaduttarasya tatpūrvaṃ karoti yatpūrvasya taduttamaṃ tadvyatiṣajati tasmādimāni parvāṇi vyatiṣaktānīdamitthamatihānamidamitthaṃ tadyadasyaitenātmā saṃhitastenāsyaiṣa āyuḥ -
saiṣā kāmadughaivendrasyoddhāraḥ / tribhya evainaṃ prātaḥsavana ukthebhyo vigṛhṇāti tribhyo mādhyandine savane tatṣaṭkṛtvaḥ ṣaḍvā ṛtava ṛtavo vā imāntsarvānkāmānpacantyeteno haiṣā kāmadughaivendrasyoddhāraḥ -
taṃ vā apurorukkaṃ gṛhṇāti / ukthaṃ hi purorugṛgghi purorugṛgghyukthaṃ sāmagraho'tha yadanyajjapati tadyajustā haitā abhyardha evāgra ṛgbhya āsurabhyardho yajurbhyo'bhyardhaḥ sāmabhyaḥ -
te devā abruvan hantemā yajuḥṣu dadhāma tatheyaṃ bahulatareva vidyā bhaviṣyatīti tā yajuḥṣvadadhustata eṣā bahulatareva vidyābhavat -
taṃ yadapurorukkaṃ gṛhṇāti / ukthaṃ hi purorugṛgghi purorugṛgghyukthaṃ sa yadevainamukthebhyo vigṛhṇāti teno hāsyaiṣa puroruṅmānbhavati tasmādapurorukkaṃ gṛhṇāti -
athāto gṛhṇātyeva / upayāmagṛhīto'sīndrāya tvā bṛhadvate vayasvata itīndro vai yajñasya devatā tasmādāhendrāya tveti bṛhadvate vayasvata iti vīryavata ityevaitadāha yadāha bṛhadvate vayasvata ityukthāvyaṃ gṛhṇāmītyukthebhyo hyenaṃ gṛhṇāti yatta indra bṛhadvaya iti yatta indra vīryamityevaitadāha tasmai tvā viṣṇave tveti yajñasya hyenamāyuṣe gṛhṇāti tasmādāha tasmai tvā viṣṇave tvetyeṣa te yonirukthebhyastveti
sādayatyukthebhyo hyenaṃ gṛhṇāti -
taṃ vigṛhṇāti / devebhyastvā devāvyaṃ yajñasyāyuṣe gṛhṇāmīti praśāsanaṃ sa kuryādya evaṃ kuryādyathādevataṃ tveva vigṛhṇīyāt -
mitrāvaruṇābhyāṃ tvā / devāvyaṃ yajñasyāyuṣe gṛhṇāmītyeva maitrāvaruṇāya maitrāvaruṇīṣu hi tasmai stuvate maitrāvaruṇīranuśaṃsati maitrāvaruṇyā yajati -
indrāya tvā / devāvyaṃ yajñasyāyuṣe gṛhṇāmītyeva brāhmaṇācchaṃsina aindrīṣu hi tasmai stuvata aindrīranuśaṃsatyaindryā yajati -
indrāgnibhyāṃ tvā / devāvyaṃ yajñasyāyuṣe gṛhṇāmītyevācchāvākāyaindrāgnīṣu hi tasmai stuvata aindrāgnīranuśaṃsatyaindrāgnyā yajatīndrāya tvetyeva mādhyandine savana aindraṃ hi mādhyandinaṃ savanam -
tadu ha carakādhvaryavo vigṛhṇanti / upayāmagṛhīto'si devebhyastvā devāvyamukthebhya ukthāvyaṃ mitrāvaruṇābhyāṃ juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmyeṣa te yonirmitrāvaruṇābhyāṃ tveti sādayati punarhavirasīti sthālīmabhimṛśati -
upayāmagṛhīto'si / devebhyastvā devāvyamukthebhya ukthāvyamindrāya juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmyeṣa te yonirindrāya tveti sādayati punarhavirasīti sthālīmabhimṛśati -
upayāmagṛhīto'si / devebhyastvā devāvyamukthebhya ukthāvyamindrāgnibhyāṃ juṣṭaṃ gṛhṇāmyeṣa te yonirindrāgnibhyāṃ tveti sādayati nātra punarhavirasīti sthālīmabhimṛśatīndrāya tvendrāya tvetyeva mādhyandine savana aindraṃ hi mādhyandinaṃ savanaṃ dvirha punarhavirasīti sthālīmabhimṛśati tūṣṇīṃ tṛtīyaṃ nidadhāti -
taṃ vai nopayāmena gṛhṇīyāt / na yonau sādayedagre hyevaiṣa upayāmena gṛhīto bhavatyagre yonau sanno jāmitāyai jāmi ha kuryādyadenamatrāpyupayāmena gṛhṇīyādyadyonau sādayedatha yatpunarhavirasīti sthālīmabhimṛśati punarhyasyai grahaṃ grahīṣyanbhavati na tadādriyeta tūṣṇīmeva nidadhyāt -
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