Shatapatha Brahmana · Chapter 9.4.4

९.४.४ sutyāhakarmāṇi
atha prātaḥ prātaranuvākamupākariṣyan / agniṃ yunakti yuktena samaśnavā iti tena yuktena sarvānkāmāntsamaśnute taṃ vai purastātsarvasya karmaṇo yunakti tadyatkiṃcātra ūrdhvaṃ kriyate yukte tatsarvaṃ samādhīyate -

paridhiṣu yunakti / agnaya ete yatparidhayo'gnibhireva tadagniṃ yunakti -

sa madhyamaṃ paridhimupaspṛśya / etadyajurjapatyagniṃ yunajmi śavasā ghṛteneti balaṃ vai śavo'gniṃ yunajmi balena ca ghṛtena cetyetaddivyaṃ suparṇaṃ vayasā bṛhantamiti divyo vā eṣa suparṇo vayaso bṛhandhūmena tena vayaṃ gamema bradhnasya viṣṭapaṃ svargaṃ lokaṃ rohanto'dhi nākamuttamamityetat -

atha dakṣiṇe / imau te pakṣāvajarau patatriṇau yābhyāṃ rakṣāṃsyapahaṃsyagne / tābhyāṃ patema sukṛtāmu lokaṃ yatra ṛṣayo jagmuḥ prathamajāḥ purāṇā ityamūnetadṛṣīnāha -

athottare / indurdakṣaḥ śyena ṛtāvā hiraṇyapakṣaḥ śakuno bhuraṇyurityamṛtaṃ vai hiraṇyamamṛtapakṣaḥ śakuno bhartetyetanmahāntsadhasthe dhruva ā niṣatto namaste astu mā mā hiṃsīrityātmanaḥ paridāṃ vadate -

tadyanmadhyamaṃ yajuḥ / sa ātmātha ye abhitastau pakṣau tasmātte pakṣavatī bhavataḥ pakṣau hi tau -

tribhiryunakti / trivṛdagniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainametadyunakti -

atha rājānamabhiṣutyāgnau juhoti / eṣa vai sa sava etadvai tatsūyate yamasmai tametā devatāḥ savamanumanyante yābhiranumataḥ sūyate yasmai vai rājāno rājyamanumanyante sa rājā bhavati na sa yasmai na tadyadagnau juhoti tadagnimabhiṣiñcati so'syaiṣa daiva ātmā somābhiṣikto bhavatyamṛtābhiṣikto'tha bhakṣayati tadātmānamabhiṣiñcati so'syāyamātmā somābhiṣikto bhavatyamṛtābhiṣiktaḥ -

agnau hutvātha bhakṣayati / daivo vā asyaiṣa ātmā mānuṣo'yaṃ devā u vā agre'tha manuṣyāstasmādagnau hutvātha bhakṣayati -

athainaṃ vimuñcati / āptvā taṃ kāmaṃ yasmai kāmāyainaṃ yuṅkte yajñāyajñiyaṃ stotramupākariṣyantsvargo vai loko yajñāyajñiyametasya vai gatyā enaṃ yuṅkte tadāptvā taṃ kāmaṃ yasmai kāmāyainaṃ yuṅkte -

taṃ vai purastātstotrasya vimuñcati / sa yadupariṣṭātstotrasya vimuñcetparāṅ haitaṃ svargaṃ lokamatipraṇaśyedatha yatpurastātstotrasya vimuñcati tatsamprati svargaṃ lokamāptvā vimuñcati -

paridhiṣu vimuñcati / paridhiṣu hyenaṃ yunakti yatra vāva yogyaṃ yuñjanti tadeva tadvimuñcanti -

sa saṃdhyorupaspṛśya / ete yajuṣī japati tathā dve yajuṣī trīnparidhīnanuvibhavato divo mūrddhāsi pṛthivyā nābhiriti dakṣiṇe viśvasya mūrdhannadhi tiṣṭhasi śrita ityuttare mūrdhavatībhyāṃ mūrddhā hyasyaiṣo'psumatībhyāmagneretadvaiśvānarasya stotraṃ yadyajñāyajñiyaṃ śāntirvā āpastasmādapsumatībhyām -

dvābhyāṃ vimuñcati / dvipādyajamāno yajamāno'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā
tāvataivainametadvimuñcati tribhiryunakti tatpañca pañcacitiko'gniḥ pañca'rtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati -

taṃ haike / prāyaṇīya evātirātre yuñjantyudayanīye vimuñcanti saṃsthārūpaṃ vā etadyadvimocanaṃ kiṃ purā saṃsthāyai saṃsthārūpaṃ kuryāmeti na tathā kuryādaharaharaharvā eṣa yajñastāyate'harahaḥ saṃtiṣṭhate'haraharenaṃ svargasya lokasya gatyai yuṅkte'haraharenena svargaṃ lokaṃ gacchati tasmādaharahareva yuñjyādaharaharvimuñcet -

atho yathā prāyaṇīye'tirātre / sāmidhenīranūcya brūyādudayanīya evāto'nuvaktāsmīti tādṛktattasmādaharahareva yuñjyādaharaharvimuñcet -

taddhaitacchāṇḍilyaḥ / kaṅkatīyebhyo'harahaḥ karma pradiśya pravavrājāharahareva vo yunajānaharaharvimuñcāniti tasmādaharahareva yuñjyādaharaharvimuñcet -