Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 8.6.3

८.६.३ aṣṭagārhapatyeṣṭakopadhānam
gārhapatyamupadadhāti / etadvai devāḥ prāpya rāddhvevāmanyanta te'bruvankenedamarātsmeti gārhapatyenaivetyavruvangārhapatyaṃ vai citvā samāruhya prathamāṃ citimapaśyāma prathamāyai dvitīyāṃ dvitīyāyai tṛtīyāṃ tṛtīyāyai caturthīṃ caturthyai pañcamīṃ pañcamyā idamiti -

te'bruvan / upa tajjānīta yatheyamasmāsveva rāddhirasaditi te'bruvaṃścetayadhvamiti citimicchateti vāva tadabruvaṃstadicchata yatheyamasmāsveva rāddhirasaditi -

te cetayamānāḥ / etadapaśyannihemamāhṛtyopadadhāmahā iti tamihāhṛtyopādadhata tasminvyavadanta vasavaḥ purastādrudrā dakṣiṇata ādityāḥ paścānmaruta uttarato viśve devā upariṣṭādihopadadhāmehopadadhāmeti -

te'bruvan / madhya evopadadhāmahai sa no madhya upahitaḥ sarveṣāmbhaviṣyatīti taṃ madhya upādadhata tadetāṃ rāddhimātmannadadhata madhyato madhyata evaitadetāṃ rāddhimātmannadadhata tathaivaitadyajamāno yadgārhapatyamupadadhātyetāmevaitadrāddhimātmandhatte madhyato madhyata evaitadetāṃ rāddhimātmandhatte -

yadveva gārhapatyamupadadhāti / annaṃ vai gārhapatyo'ttāyamagniścito'ttra evaitadannamapidadhāti madhyato madhyata evāsminnetadannaṃ dadhāti -

yadveva gārhapatyamupadadhāti / vedirvai devaloko'tha vā eṣa bahirvedi cito bhavati taṃ yadihāhṛtyopadadhāti tadenaṃ vedau devaloke pratiṣṭhāpayati -

yadveva gārhapatyamupadadhāti / yonirvai puṣkaraparṇamatha vā eṣa bahiryoni cito bhavati bahirddho vā etadyoneragnikarma yatpurā puṣkaraparṇāttaṃ yadihāhṛtyopadadhāti tadenaṃ yonau puṣkaraparṇe pratiṣṭhāpayati tatho haiṣo'bahirddhā bhavatyaṣṭāviṣṭakā upadadhāti tasyokto bandhustaṃ vā etaireva yajurbhiretayā''vṛtā cinoti yo hyevāsau sa evāyaṃ tamevaitadāhṛtyehopadadhāti -

aṣṭapunaścitīṣṭakopadhānam
atha punaścitimupadadhāti / etadvai devā gārhapatyaṃ citvā tasminrāddhiṃ nāpaśyanyonirvai gārhapatyā citireṣo vai yone rāddhiryadretaḥ prajātistasyāmetasyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ nāpaśyan -

te'bruvan / upa tajjānīta yathāsyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhāmeti te'bruvaṃścetayadhvamiti citimicchateti vāva tadabruvaṃstadicchata yathāsyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhāmeti -

te cetayamānāḥ / etāṃ punaścitimapaśyaṃstāmupādadhata tadetasyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātimadadhurmadhyato madhyata evaitadetasyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātimadadhustathaivaitadyajamāno yatpunaścitimupadadhātyetasyāmevaitadyonau retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhāti madhyato madhyata evaitadetasyāṃ yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhāti -

tāṃ haike jaghanārdha upadadhati / jaghanārdhādvai retaḥ sicyate pucchasaṃdhau pucchādvai retaḥ sicyata iti na tathā kuryādbahirddhā ha te yone retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhati ye tathā kurvanti madhya evopadadhyāttatsamprati yonau retaḥ prajātiṃ dadhāti -

aṣṭāviṣṭakā upadadhāti / aṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī gāyatro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametadretobhūtaṃ siñcati pañca kṛtvaḥ sādayati pañcacitiko'gniḥ pañca'rtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametadreto bhūtaṃ siñcatyaṣṭāviṣṭakāḥ pañca kṛtvaḥ sādayati tattrayodaśa trayodaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsarastrayodaśāgneścitipurīṣāṇi yāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati -

yadveva punaścitimupadadhāti / etadvā etadayathāyathaṃ karoti yadāhavanīyādgārhapatyamuttaraṃ cinoti tadyatpunaścitimupadadhāti ya evāyamagniścitastamevaitadāhṛtyāsyopariṣṭātpunaścinoti tadyaccitaṃ santaṃ punaścinoti tasmātpunaścitiḥ -

taddhaike / jaghanārdhe gārhapatyamupadadhati pūrvārdhe punaścitimāhavanīyaśca vā etau gārhapatyaścaivaṃ vā etāvagnī iti na tathā kuryādayaṃ vai loko gārhapatyo dyaurāhavanīya uttaro vā asāvasyai tasmādenāmuttarāmevopadadhyāt -

yadveva gārhapatyaṃ ca punaścitiṃ copadadhāti / vediśca haite agneruttaravediścātha ye amū pūrve nivapatyadhvarasya te atha haite agnestadyadete upadhāyāgniṃ nidadhāti vedau caivainametaduttaravedau ca pratiṣṭhāpayati -

yadveva punaścitimupadadhāti / punaryajño haiṣa uttarā haiṣā devayajyā punaryajñamevaitadupadhatta uttarāmeva devayajyāmupa hainaṃ punaryajño namati -

yadveva punaścitimupadadhāti / yaṃ vai taṃ prāṇā ṛṣayo'gre'gniṃ samaskurvantsa eṣa tamevaitatpunaścinoti tadyaccitaṃ santaṃ punaścinoti tasmādveva punaścitiḥ -

yena ṛṣayastapasā sattramāyanniti / amūnetadṛṣīnāhendhānā agniṃ svarābharanta itīndhānā agniṃ svargaṃ lokamāharanta ityetattasminnahaṃ nidadhe nāke agnimiti svargo vai loko nāko yamāhurmanava stīrṇabarhiṣamiti ye vidvāṃsaste manavastīrṇabarhiṣamiti sarvadā haiva sa stīrṇabarhiḥ -

taṃ patnībhiranugacchema devāḥ / putrairbhrātṛbhiruta vā hiraṇyairityetenainaṃ sarveṇānugacchemetyetannākaṃ gṛbhṇānāḥ sukṛtasya loka iti svargo vai loko nākaḥ svargaṃ lokaṃ gṛhṇānāḥ sukṛtasya loka ityetattṛtīye pṛṣṭhe adhi rocane diva ityetaddha tṛtīyaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ rocanaṃ divo yatraiṣa etattapati -

ā vāco madhyamaruhadbhuraṇyuriti / etaddha vāco madhyaṃ yatraiṣa etaccīyate bhuraṇyuriti bhartetyetadayamagniḥ satpatiścekitāna ityayamagniḥ satāṃ patiścetayamāna ityetatpṛṣṭhe pṛthivyā nihito davidyutaditi pṛṣṭhe pṛthivyā nihito dīpyamāna ityetadadhaspadaṃ kṛṇutāṃ ye pṛtanyava ityadhaspadaṃ kurutāṃ sarvānpāpmana ityetat -

ayamagnirvīratamo vayodhā iti / ayamagnirvīryavattamo vayodhā ityetatsahasriyo dyotatāmaprayucchanniti sahasriyo dīpyatāmapramatta ityetadvibhrājamānaḥ sarirasya madhya itīme vai lokāḥ sariraṃ dīpyamāna eṣu lokeṣvityetadupa prayāhi divyāni dhāmetyupa prayāhi svargaṃ lokamityetat -

sampracyavadhvamupa samprayāteti / amūnetadṛṣīnāha samenaṃ pracyavadhvamupa cainaṃ samprayātetyagne patho devayānānkṛṇudhvamiti yathaiva yajustathā bandhuḥ punaḥ kṛṇvānā pitarā yuvāneti vākca vai manaśca pitarā yuvānā vākca manaścaitāvagnī anvātāṃsīttvayi tantumetamiti yo'sāvṛṣibhistantustatastametadāha -

udbudhyasvāgne pratijāgṛhi tvamiti / imametadagnimāhoccainaṃ budhyasva prati cainaṃ jāgṛhītīṣṭāpūrte saṃsṛjethāmayaṃ ceti yathaiva yajustathā bandhurasmintsadhasthe adhyuttarasminniti dyaurvā uttaraṃ sadhasthaṃ viśve devā yajamānaśca sīdateti tadviśvairdevaiḥ saha yajamānaṃ sādayati -

yena vahasi sahasram / yenāgne sarvavedasamityetaddhāsya pratijñātatamaṃ dhāma yena sahasraṃ vahati yena sarvavedasaṃ tenemaṃ yajñaṃ no naya svardeveṣu gantava iti tena na imaṃ yajñaṃ naya svargaṃ lokaṃ deveṣu gantava ityetadayaṃ te yonirṛtviya iti tasyokto bandhuraṣṭāviṣṭakā upadadhāti tasyo evoktaḥ -