Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 5.4.1

keśavasya puruṣasya / lohāyasamāsya āvidhyatyaveṣṭā dandaśūkā iti sarvānvā eṣa mṛtyūnatimucyate sarvānvadhānyo rājasūyena yajate tasya jaraiva mṛtyurbhavati tadyo mṛtyuryo vadhastamevaitadatinayati yaddandaśūkān -

atha yatkeśavasya puruṣasya / na vā eṣa strī na pumānyatkeśavaḥ puruṣo yadaha pumāṃstena na strī yadu keśavasteno na pumānnaitadayo na hiraṇyaṃ yallohāyasaṃ naite krimayo nākrimayo yaddandaśūkā atha yallohāyasaṃ bhavati lohitā iva hi dandaśūkāstasmātkeśavasya puruṣasya -

athainaṃ diśaḥ samārohayati / prācīmāroha gāyatrī tvāvatu rathantaraṃ sāma trivṛtstomo vasanta ṛturbrahma draviṇam -

dakṣiṇāmāroha / triṣṭuptvā'vatu bṛhatsāma pañcadaśa stomo grīṣma ṛtuḥ kṣatraṃ draviṇam -

pratīcīmāroha / jagatī tvā'vatu vairūpaṃ sāma saptadaśa stomo varṣā ṛturviḍdraviṇam -

udīcīmāroha / anuṣṭuptvā'vatu vairājaṃ sāmaikaviṃśa stomaḥ śaradṛtuḥ phalaṃ draviṇam -

ūrdhvāmāroha / paṅktistvā'vatu śākvararaivate sāmanī triṇavatrayastriṃśau stomau hemantaśiśirāvṛtū varco draviṇamiti -

tadyadenaṃ diśaḥ samārohayati / ṛtūnāmevaitadrūpamṛtūnevainametatsaṃvatsaraṃ samārohayati sa ṛtūntsaṃvatsaraṃ samāruhya sarvamevedamuparyupari bhavatyarvāgevāsmādidaṃ sarvaṃ bhavati -

śārdūlacarmaṇo jaghanārdhe / sīsaṃ nihitaṃ bhavati tatpadā pratyasyati pratyastaṃ namuceḥ śira iti namucirha vai nāmāsura āsa tamindro nivivyādha tasya padā śiro'bhitaṣṭhau sa yadabhiṣṭhita udabādhata sa ucchvaṅkastasya padā śiraḥ praciccheda tato rakṣaḥ samabhavattaddha smainamanubhāṣate kva gamiṣyasi kva me mokṣyasa iti -

tatsīsenāpajaghāna / tasmātsīsaṃ mṛdu sṛtajavaṃ hi sarveṇa hi vīryeṇāpajaghāna tasmāddhiraṇyarūpaṃ sanna kiyaccanārhati sṛtajavaṃ hi sarveṇa hi vīryeṇāpajaghāna tadvai sa tannāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsyapajaghāna tatho evaiṣa etannāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsyato'pahanti -

athainaṃ śārdūlacarmārohayati / somasya tviṣirasīti yatra vai soma indramatyapavata sa yattataḥ śārdūlaḥ samabhavattena somasya tviṣistasmādāha somasya tviṣirasīti taveva me tviṣirbhūyāditi śārdūlatviṣimevāsminnetaddadhāti tasmādāha taveva me tviṣirbhūyāditi
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atha rukmamadhastādupāsyati / mṛtyoḥ pāhītyamṛtamāyurhiraṇyaṃ tadamṛta 'āyuṣi pratitiṣṭhati -

atha rukmaḥ śatavitṛṇṇo vā bhavati / navavitṛṇṇo vā sa yadi śatavitṛṇṇaḥ śatāyurvā ayaṃ puruṣaḥ śatatejāḥ śatavīryastasmācchatavitṛṇṇo yadyu navavitṛṇṇo naveme puruṣe prāṇāstasmānnavavitṛṇṇaḥ -

tamupariṣṭācchīrṣṇo nidadhāti / ojo'si saho 'syamṛtamasītyamṛtamāyurhiraṇyaṃ tadasminnamṛtamāyurdadhāti tadyadrukmā ubhayato bhavato'mṛtamāyurhiraṇyaṃ tadamṛtenaivainametadāyuṣobhayataḥ paribṛṃhati tasmādrukmā ubhayato bhavataḥ -

atha bāhū udgṛhṇāti / hiraṇyarūpā uṣaso viroka ubhāvindro udithaḥ sūryaśca ārohataṃ varuṇa mitra gartaṃ tataścakṣāthāmaditiṃ ditiṃ ceti bāhū vai mitrāvaruṇau puruṣo gartastasmādāhārohataṃ varuṇa mitra gartamiti tataścakṣāthāmaditiṃ ditiṃ ceti tataḥ paśyataṃ svaṃ cāraṇaṃ cetyevaitadāha -

naitenodgṛhṇīyāt / mitro'si varuṇo'sītyevodgṛhṇīyādbāhū vai mitrāvaruṇau bāhubhyāṃ vai rājanyo maitrāvaruṇastasmānmitro'si varuṇo'sītyevodgṛhṇīyāt -

tadyadenamūrdhvabāhumabhiṣiñcati / vīryaṃ vā etadrājanyasya yadbāhū vīryaṃ vā etadapāṃ rasaḥ sambhṛto bhavati yenainametadabhiṣiñcati nenma idaṃ vīryaṃ vīryamapāṃ rasaḥ sambhṛto bāhū vlināditi tasmādenamūrdhvabāhumabhiṣiñcati -