Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 4.6.8

४.६.८ satrotthānam
yā vai dīkṣā sā niṣat / tatsattraṃ tasmādenānāsata ityāhuratha yattato yajñaṃ tanvate tadyanti tannayati yo netā bhavati sa tasmādenānyantītyāhuḥ -

yā ha dīkṣā sā niṣat / tatsattraṃ tadayanaṃ tatsattrāyaṇamatha yattato yajñasyodṛcaṃ gatvottiṣṭhanti tadutthānaṃ tasmādenānudasthurityāhuriti nu purastādvadanam -

atha dīkṣiṣyamāṇāḥ samavasyanti / te yadyagniṃ ceṣyamāṇā bhavantyaraṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohyopasamāyanti yatra prājāpatyena paśunā yakṣyamāṇā bhavanti mathitvopasamādhāyoddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ yajanta etena prājāpatyena paśunā -

tasya śiro nidadhati / teṣāṃ yadi tadahardīkṣā na samaityaraṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohya yathāyathaṃ viparetya juhvati -

atha yadahareṣāṃ dīkṣā samaiti / araṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohyopasamāyanti yatra dīkṣiṣyamāṇā bhavanti gṛhapatireva prathamo manthate madhyaṃ prati śālāyā athetareṣāmardhā dakṣiṇata upaviśantyardhā uttarato mathitvopasamādhāyaikaikamevolmukamādāyopasamāyanti gṛhapatergārhapatyaṃ gṛhapatereva gārhapatyāduddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ dīkṣante teṣāṃ samāna āhavanīyo bhavati nānā gārhapatyā dīkṣopasatsu -

atha yadahareṣāṃ krayo bhavati / tadahargārhapatyāṃ citimupadadhātyathetarebhya upavasathe dhiṣṇyānvaisarjinānāṃ kāle prācyaḥ patnya upasamāyanti prajahatyetānaparānagnīnhuta eva vaisarjine -

rājānaṃ praṇayati / udyata evaiṣa āgnīdhrīyo'gnirbhavatyathaita ekaikamevolmukamādāya yathādhiṣṇyaṃ viparāyanti taireva teṣāmulmukaiḥ praghnantīti sa smāha yājñavalkyo ye tathā kurvantītyetannvekamayanam -

athedaṃ dvitīyam / araṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohyopasamāyanti yatra prājāpatyena paśunā yakṣyamāṇā bhavanti mathitvopasamādhāyoddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ yajanta etena prājāpatyena paśunā -

tasya śiro nidadhati / teṣāṃ yadi tadahardīkṣā na samaityaraṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohya yathāyathaṃ viparetya juhvati -

atha yadahareṣāṃ dīkṣā samaiti / araṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohyopasamāyanti yatra dīkṣiṣyamāṇā bhavanti gṛhapatireva prathamo manthate'thetare paryupaviśya manthante te jātaṃ jātamevānupraharanti gṛhapatergārhapatye gṛhapatereva gārhapatyāduddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ dīkṣante teṣāṃ samāna āhavanīyo bhavati samāno gārhapatyo dīkṣopasatsu -

atha yadahareṣāṃ krayo bhavati / tadahargārhapatyāṃ citimupadadhātyathetarebhya upavasathe dhiṣṇyānvaisarjinānāṃ kāle prācyaḥ patnya upasamāyanti prajahatyetamaparamagniṃ huta eva vaisarjine -

rājānaṃ praṇayati / udyata evaiṣa āgnīdhrīyo'gnirbhavatyathaita' ekaikamevolmukamādāya yathādhiṣṇyaṃ viparāyanti samadamu haiva te kurvanti samaddhainānvindatyartukā ha bhavantyapi ha tamardhaṃ samadvindati yasminnardhe yajante ye tathā kurvanti etaddvitīyamayanam -

athedaṃ tṛtīyam / gṛhapaterevāraṇyoḥ saṃvadante ya ito'gnirjaniṣyate sa naḥ saha yadanena yajñena jeṣyāmo'nena paśubandhena tannaḥ saha saha naḥ sādhukṛtyā ya eva pāpaṃ karavattasyaiva tadityevamuktvā gṛhapatireva prathamaḥ samārohayate'thetarebhyaḥ samārohayati svayaṃ vaiva samārohayante ta āyanti yatra prājāpatyena paśunā yakṣyamāṇā bhavanti mathitvopasamādhāyoddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ yajanta etena prājāpatyena paśunā -

tasya śiro nidadhati / teṣāṃ yadi tadahardīkṣā na samaityaraṇiṣvevāgnīntsamārohya yathāyathaṃ viparetya juhvati -

atha yadahareṣāṃ dīkṣā samaiti / gṛhapaterevāraṇyoḥ saṃvadante ya ito'gnirjaniṣyate sa naḥ saha yadanena yajñena jeṣyāmo'nena sattreṇa tannaḥ saha saha naḥ sādhukṛtyā ya eva pāpaṃ karavattasyaiva tadityevamuktvā gṛhapatireva prathamaḥ samārohayate'thetarebhyaḥ samārohayati svayaṃ vaiva samārohayante ta āyanti yatra dīkṣiṣyamāṇā bhavanti mathitvopasamādhāyoddhṛtyāhavanīyaṃ dīkṣante teṣāṃ samāna āhavanīyo bhavati samāno gārhapatyo dīkṣopasatsu -

atha yadahareṣāṃ krayo bhavati / tadahargārhapatyāṃ citimupadadhātyathetarebhya upavasathe dhiṣṇyānvaisarjinānāṃ kāle prācyaḥ patnya upasamāyanti prajahatyetamaparamagniṃ huta eva vaisarjine -

rājānaṃ praṇayati / udyata evaiṣa āgnīdhrīyo'gnirbhavatyathaita'ekaikamevolmukamādāya yathādhiṣṇyaṃ viparāyanti tattatkṛtaṃ nānākṛtaṃ yannānādhiṣṇyā bhavanti varīyānākāśo'satparicaraṇāyetyatha yannānāpuroḍāśā bhūyo havirucchiṣṭamasatsamāptyā 'iti -

atha yena sattreṇa devāḥ / kṣipra eva pāpmānamapāghnatemāṃ jitimajayanyaiṣāmiyaṃ jitistadata udyata ekagṛhapatikā vai devā ekapuroḍāśā ekadhiṣṇyāḥ kṣipra eva pāpmānamapāghnata kṣipre prājāyanta tatho evaita'ekagṛhapatikā ekapuroḍāśā ekadhiṣṇyāḥ kṣipra'eva pāpmānamapaghnate kṣipre prajāyante -

athādaḥ pūrvasminnudīcīnavaṃśā śālā bhavati / tanmānuṣaṃ samāna āhavanīyo bhavati nānā gārhapatyāstadvikṛṣṭaṃ gṛhapatereva gārhapatye jāghanyā patnīḥ saṃyājayantyājyenetare pratiyajanta āsate tadvikṛṣṭam -

athātra prācīnavaṃśā śālā bhavati / taddevatrā samāna āhavanīyo bhavati samāno gārhapatyaḥ samāna āgnīdhrīyastadetatsattraṃ samṛddhaṃ yathaikāhaḥ samṛddha' evaṃ tasya na hvalāsti tasyaiṣaiva samānyāvṛdyadanyaddhiṣṇyebhyaḥ -