Brihadaranyaka 4.2

4.2

yat saptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayat pitā
ekamasya sādhāraṇaṃ dve devānabhājayat
trīṇyātmane'kuruta paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchat
tasmin sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca na
[ yat saptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayatpitetyādiprathamakhaṇḍaślokāḥ śrutyaiva
(ta) 'kasmāt tāni na kṣīyante adyamānāni sarvadā
yo vai tāmakṣitiṃ veda so'nnamatti pratīkena
sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvati | iti ślokāḥ | (1)
yat saptānnāni medhayā tapasā'janayat piteti | medhayā hi
tapasā'janayat pitā
ekamasya sādhāraṇamiti | idamevāsya tat sādhāraṇamannam, yadidamadyate | sa ya etadupāste,
na sa pāpmano vyāvartate | miśram̐ hyetat
dve devānabhājayadidti hutañca prahutañca | tasmāddevebhyo juhvati 1 pra
ca juhvati
atho āhurdarśapūrṇamāsāviti | tasmānneṣṭiyājukaḥ syāt
paśubhya ekaṃ prāyacchaditi | tat payaḥ | payo hyevāgre manuṣyāśca
paśavaścopajīvanti | tasmāt kumāraṃ jātaṃ ghṛtaṃ vaivāgre'pralilehayanti,
stanaṃ vā nu dhāpayanti | atha vatsaṃ jātamāhuratṛṇāda iti
tasminsarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ yacca prāṇiti yacca neti | payasi hīdaṃ sarvaṃ
pratiṣṭhitam, yacca prāṇiti yacca na| tadyadidamāhuḥ saṃvatsaraṃ payasā juhvadapa
punarmṛtyuṃ jayatīti, na tathā vidyāt | yadahareva juhoti, tadahaḥ
punarmṛtyumapajayati
evaṃ 'vidvān sarvaṃ hi devebhyo'nnādyaṃ prayacchati
(ta)' kasmāt tāni na kṣīyante adyamānāni sarvadeti
puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ | sa hīdamannaṃ punaḥpunarjanayate
yo vai tāmakṣitiṃ vedeti | puruṣo vā akṣitiḥ | sa hīdamannaṃ dhiyā
dhiyā janayate karmabhiḥ | yadvaitanna kuryāt, kṣīyeta ha
so'nnamatti pratīkeneti | mukhaṃ pratīkaṃ mukhenetyetat
sa devānapigacchati sa ūrjamupajīvatīti praśaṃsā