[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › [Adhvarakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda) › 12 # Adhvarakanda 12 Adhvarakāṇḍa 12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.1) iti somaparyāṇahanabrāhmaṇaṃ samāptam iti tṛtīyādhyāye caturthaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ samāptam iti tṛtīyakāṇḍe tṛtīyo'dhyāyaśca samāptaḥ atha caturthādhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam 'ātithyeṣṭi brāhmaṇam' \[mūla\] śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ bāhū prāyaṇīyodayanīyau | abhito vai śiro bāhū bhavataḥ | tasmādabhita ātithyamete haviṣī bhavataḥ prāyaṇīyaścodayanīyaśca ### [12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.2) atha yasmādātithyaṃ nāma | atithirvā'eṣa etasyāgacchati yatsomaḥ krītaḥ | tasmā'etadyathā rājñe vā brāhmaṇāya vā mahokṣaṃ vā mahājaṃ vā pacettadaha mānuṣaṃ havirdevānāmevamasmā'etadātithyaṃ karoti ### [12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.3) tadāhuḥ | pūrvo'tītya gṛhṇīyāditi yatra vā'arhantamāgataṃ nāpacāyanti kruddhyati vai sa tatra tathā hāpacito bhavati ### [12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.4) tadvā 'anyatara'eva vimuktaḥ syāt | anyataro'vimukto'tha gṛhṇīyātsa yadanyataro vimuktastenāgato yadvanyataro'vimuktastenāpacitaḥ ### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.5) tadu tathā na kuryāt | vimucyaiva prapādya gṛhṇīyādyathā vai devānāṃ caraṇaṃ tadvā'anu manuṣyāṇāṃ tasmānmānuṣe yāvanna vimuñcate naivāsmai tāvadudakaṃ haranti nāpacitiṃ kurvantyanāgato hi sa tāvadbhavatyatha yadaiva vimuñcate'thāsmā'udakaṃ harantyathāpacitiṃ kurvanti rtahi hi sa āgato bhavati tasmādvimucyaiva prapādya gṛhṇīyāt ### [12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.6) sa vai santavaramāṇa iva gṛhṇīyāt | tathā hāpacito bhavati tatpatnpanvārabhate paryuhyamāṇaṃ vai yajamāno'nvārabhate'thātra patnyubhayata evaitanmithunenānvārabhete yatra vā'arhannāgacchati sarvaṃgṛhyā'iva vai tatra ceṣṭanti tathā hāpacito bhavati ### [12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.7) sa vā'anyenaiva tato yajuṣā gṛhṇīyāt | yeno cānyāni havīṃṣyekaṃ vā'eṣa bhāgaṃ krīyamāṇo'bhikrīyate cchandasāmeva rājyāya cchandasāṃ sāmrājyāya tasya cchandāṃsyabhitaḥ sācayāni yathā rājño'rājāno rājakṛtaḥ sūtagrāmaṇya evamasya cchandāṃsyabhitaḥ sācayāni ### [12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.8) na vai tadavakalpate | yacchandobhya iti kevalaṃ gṛhṇīyādyatra vā'arhate pacanti tadabhitaḥ sācayo'nvābhaktā bhavantyarājāno rājakṛtaḥ sūtagrāmaṇyastasmādyatraivaitasyai gṛhṇīyāttadeva cchandāṃsyanvābhajet ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.9) sa gṛhṇāti | agnestanūrasi viṣṇave tvetyagnirvai gāyatrī tadgāyatrīmanvābhajati ### [12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.10) somasya tanūrasi viṣṇave tveti | kṣatraṃ vai somaḥ kṣatraṃ triṣṭuptattriṣṭubhamanvābhajati ### [12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.11) atitherātithyamasi viṣṇave tveti | so'syoddhāro yathā śreṣṭhasyoddhāra 'evamasyaiṣa'ṛte cchandobhyaḥ ### [12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.12) śyenāya tvā somabhṛte viṣṇave tveti | tadgāyatrīmanvābhajati sā yadgāyatrī śyeno bhūtvā divaḥ somamāharattena sā śyenaḥ somabhṛttenaivaināmetadvīryeṇa dvitīyamanvābhajati ### [12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.13) agnaye tvā rāyaspoṣade viṣṇave tveti | paśavo vai rāyaspoṣaḥ paśavo jagatī tajjagatīmanvābhajati ### [12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.14) atha yatpañca kṛtvo gṛhṇāti | saṃvatsarasaṃmito vai yajñaḥ pañca vā'ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsarasya taṃ pañcabhirāpnoti tasmātpañca kṛtvo gṛhṇātyatha yadviṣṇave tvā viṣṇave tveti gṛhṇāti viṣṇave hi gṛhṇāti yo yajñāya gṛhṇāti ### [12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.15) navakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati | śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ navākṣarā vai gāyatryaṣṭau tāni yānyanvāha praṇavo navamaḥ pūrvārdho vai yajñasya gāyatrī pūrvārdha eṣa yajñasya tasmānnavakapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati ### [12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.16) kārṣmaryamayāḥ paridhayaḥ | devā ha vā'etaṃ vanaspatiṣu rakṣoghnaṃ dadṛśuryatkārṣmaryaṃ śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ necchiro yajñasya nāṣṭrā rakṣāṃsi hinasanniti tasmātkārṣmaryamayāḥ paridhayo bhavanti ### [12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.17) āśvavālaḥ prastaraḥ | yajño ha devebhyo'pacakrāma so'śvo bhūtvā parāṅāvavartta tasya devā anuhāya vālānabhipedustānālulupūstānālupya sārddhaṃ saṃnyāsuruttata etā 'oṣadhayaḥ samabhavanyadaśvavālāḥ śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ jaghanārdho vālā' ubhayata 'evaitadyajñaṃ parigṛhṇāti yadāśvavālaḥ prastaro bhavati ### [12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.18) aikṣavyau vidhṛtī | nedbarhiśca prastaraśca saṃlupyātā'ityathotpūyājyaṃ sarvāṇyeva caturgṛ hītānyājyāni gṛhṇāti na hyatrānuyājā bhavanti ### [12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.19) āsādya havīṃṣyagniṃ manthati | śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ janayanti vā'enametadyanmanthanti śīrṣato vā'agre jāyamāno jāyate śīrṣata 'evaitadagre yajñaṃ janayatyagnirvai sarvā devatā 'agnau hi sarvābhyo devatābhyo juhvati śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ śīrṣata 'evaitadyajñaṃ sarvābhirdevatābhiḥ samardhayati tasmādagniṃ manthati ### [12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.20) so'dhimanthanaṃ śakalamādatte | agnerjanitramasītyatra hyagnirjāyate tasmādāhāgnerjanitramasīti ### [12.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.21) atha darbhataruṇe nidadhāti | vṛṣaṇau stha 'iti tadyāvevemau striyai sākañjāvetāvevaitau ### [12.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.22) athādharāraṇiṃ nidadhāti | urvaśyasītyathottarāraṇyājyavilāpanīmupaspṛśatyāyurasīti tāmabhinidadhāti purūravā 'asītyurvaśī vā'apsarāḥ purūravāḥ patiratha yattasmānmithunādajāyata tadāyurevamevaiṣa 'etasmānmithunādyajñaṃ janayatyathāhānaye mathyamānāyānubrūhīti ### [12.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.23) sa manthati | gāyatreṇa tvā cchandasā manthāmi traiṣṭubhena tvā cchandasā manthāmi jāgatena tvā cchandasā mantha़āmīti taṃ vai chandobhireva manthati cchandāṃsi mathyamānāyānvāha cchandāṃsyevaitadyajñamanvāyārtayati yathā'mumādityam̐ raśmayo jātāyānubrūhītyāha yadā jāyate prahriyamāṇāyātyetyanupraharan ### [12.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.24) so'nupraharati | bhavataṃ naḥ samanasau sacetasāvarepasau | mā yajñaṃ hiṃsiṣṭaṃ mā yajñapatiṃ jātavedasau śivau bhavatamadya na iti śāṃtimevābhyāmetadvadati yathā nā'nyo'nyaṃ hiṃsyātām ### [12.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.25) atha sruveṇopahatyājyam | agnimabhijuhotyagnāvagniścarati praviṣṭa ṛṣīṇāṃ putro'abhiśastipāvā | sa naḥ syonaḥ suyajā yajeha devebhyo havyaṃ sadamaprayucchantsasvāhetyāhṛtyai vā'etamajījanata tametayā''hutyā'praiṣīttasmādevamabhijuhoti ### [12.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.26) tadiḍāntaṃ bhavati | nānuyājānyajanti śiro vai yajñasyātithyaṃ pūrvārdho vai śiraḥ pūrvārdhamevaitadyajñasyābhisaṃskaroti sa yaddhānuyājānyajedyathā śīrṣataḥ paryāhṛtya pādau pratidadhyādevaṃ tattasmādiḍāntaṃ bhavati nānuyājānyajanti ### [12.25-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.25-2) “agnestanūrasi viṣṇave tvā, somasyatanūrasi viṣṇave tvā, atitherātithyamasi viṣṇave tvā śyenāyatvā somabhṛte viṣṇave tvā agnaye tvā rāyaspoṣade viṣṇave tvā” ||iti “bhavataṃ naḥ samanasau sacetasāvarepasau | mā yajñaṃ hiṃsiṣṭaṃ mā yajñapatiṃ jātavedasau śivau bhavatamadya naḥ iti” 'agnāvagniścarati praviṣṭa ṛṣīṇāṃ putro'abhiśastipāvā sa naḥ syonaḥ suyajā yajeha devebhyo havyaṃ sadamaprayucchantsvāhā ### [12.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.12.26-2) “tasmādiḍāntaṃ bhavati-nānuyājānyajanti” ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāṭhakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.krsnayajur*kathaka.24.8) — Sanskrit - [Vaidikakośa (Haṃsarāja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.vaidikakosa-hamsaraja.2474.19) — Haṃsarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: 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