[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Āraṇyakas (forest texts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka) › [Taittirīyāraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya) › [Taittiriya Āraṇyak](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete) › 12.16 # Taittirīya Āraṇyaka 12.16 Taittirīyāraṇyaka (complete text) 12.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete.12.16) pitā'vahanmyulūkhale paṃca ca || ### [12.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete.12.16.p1) 17 indra jahi dandaśūkaṃ pakṣiṇaṃ yassarīsṛpaḥ | daṃkṣṇantaṃ ca daśantaṃ ca sarvāgstānindra jambhaya svāhā | apsu jāta sare vṛddha devānāmapi hastya | tvamagna indra preṣitassa no mā hiṃsīḥ svāhā | trāṇamasi paritrāṇamasi paridhirasi | annena manuṣyāg strāyase tṛṇaiḥ paśūngartena sarpān, yajñena devānthsvadhayā pitṝnthsvāhā | tathsatyaṃ yatte'māvāsyāyāṃ ca paurṇamāsyāṃ ca viṣabaliṃ haranti sarva udarasarpiṇaḥ | tatte prerate tvayi saṃviśanti tvayi nassatastvayi sadbhyo varṣābhyo naḥ paridehi | namo astu sarpebhya iti tisraḥ | namo astu sarpebhyo ye pārthivā ya āntarikṣyā ye divyā ye diśyāḥ | tebhya imaṃ baliṃ hariṣyāmi tebhya imaṃ balimahārṣam | takṣaka vaiśāleya dhṛtarāṣṭrairāvataste jīvāstvayi nassatastvayi sadbhyo varṣābhyo naḥ paridehi | dhṛtarāṣṭrairāvata takṣaka vaiśāleyaste jīvāstvayi nassatastvayi sadbhyo varṣābhyo naḥ paridehi | ahiṃsā'tibalaste jīvāstvayi nassatastvayi sadbhyo varṣābhyo naḥ paridehi | atibalā'hiṃsaste jīvāstvayi nassatastvayi sadbhyo varṣābhyo naḥ paridehi | ye dandaśūkāḥ pārthivāstāgstvamitaḥ paro gavyūti niveśaya | santi vai naḥ śaphinaḥ santi daṇḍinaste vo neddhinasānnyedyūyamasmān hinasāta | samīcī nāmāsi prācī digghetayo nāma stheti dvādaśa paryāyāḥ | apaśveta padā jahi pūrveṇa cā'pareṇa ca | sapta ca mānuṣīrimāstisraśca rājabandhavīḥ | na vai śvetasyādhyācāre'hirjaghāna kaṃcana | śvetāya vaidarvāya namo namaḥ śvetāya vaidarvāya || ## Linked texts (1) - [Ekāgnikāṇḍa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.ekagnikanda.2.21701) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.taittiriya*complete.12.16) · Pramāṇa