[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) › 15 # Adhvarakanda 15 Adhvarakāṇḍa 15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.16) — 2 parts ### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.1) "tān vidrutān asurarakṣāṃsi anuvyaveyuḥ" ### [15.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.2) “indraḥ sarvādevatā indra śreṣṭhā devā” ### [15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.3) “yo haivaṃ vidvāṛtīyete | priyaṃ dviṣatāṃ karoti | na dviṣadabhyoradhyati | tasmānna'rtīyeta ### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.4) “idaṃ tathā karavāmahai-yathā na' idaṃ āpradivaṃ eva ajaryaṃ asat iti ### [15.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.5) “so'yaṃ prajānāmupadraṣṭā praviṣṭastāvimau prāṇodānau ### [15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.6) "vāto devebhya ācaṣṭe-yathā puruṣasya manaḥ" ### [15.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.7) "vāto devebhya ācaṣṭe yathā puruṣa te manaḥ” ### [15.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.8) "tadetat tānūnaptraṃ nidānena ### [15.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.6-2) “idaṃ hyāhuḥ na satānūnantriṇe drogdhavyamiti” ### [15.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.10) “tasmādāha-āpataye tvā paripataye gṛhṇāmi” iti ### [15.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.11) “tanūnaptre śākvarāyeti” ### [15.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.12) “śakvanna'ojiṣṭhāyeti” ### [15.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.13) ‘yo na etadatikrāmāditi” ### [15.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.14) “svite mā'dhā iti” ### [15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.15) “indraṃ hyāhuḥ-indro yajamāna iti” ### [15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.16) “tasmādāhuḥ satyaṃ sāma, devajaṃ sāmeti” ### [15.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.16.p1) "eṣā | gatireṣā pratiṣṭhā ya eṣa tapati | tasya ye raśmayaste sukṛtaḥ atha yat paraṃ bhāḥ prajāpatirvā sa svargo vā lokaḥ" "tadevabhimāṃllokāntsamāruhyāthaitāṃ gatimetāṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ gacchati" "dyauṣpitaḥ pṛthivī mātaradhrugagne bhrātarvasavo mṛḷatā naḥ viśva ādityā adite sajoṣā asmabhyaṃ śarma bahulaṃ vi yanta" "tisro mātṛstrīnpitṝnbibhradeka ūrdhvastasthau nemava glāpayanti mantrayante divo amuṣya pṛṣṭhe viśvavidaṃ vācamaviśvaminvām" "yasmātparaṃ nāparamasti kiñcidyasmānnāṇīyo na jyāyo'sti kaścit vṛkṣa iva stabdho divi tiṣṭhatyekastenedaṃ pūrṇaṃ puruṣeṇa sarvam" "acikitvāriñcakituṣaścidatra kavīn pṛcchāmi vidmane na vidvān vi yastastambha ṣaḷimā rajāṃsyajasya rūpe kimapi svidekam" "asadvā'idamagra'āsīt | tadāhuḥ kiṃ tadasadāsīditi ṛṣayo vāva te'gre'sadāsīt | tadāhuḥ ke ta'ṛṣaya iti prāṇā vā'ṛṣayaste yatpurāsmāt sarvaṃ smādidamicchantaḥ śrameṇa tapasāriṣaṃstasmādṛṣayaḥ" "so'bhidhyāya śarīrātsvātsisṛkṣurvividhāḥ prajāḥ apa eva sasarjādau tāsu bījamavāsṛjat" || (manusmṛti 118) "candramā apsvaṃtarā suparṇo dhāvate divi" | (ṛgveda maṃ0 1|105|1) "tasmādvā etasmādātmana ākāśaḥ saṃbhūtaḥ || ākāśādvāyuḥ || vāyoragniḥ || agnerāpaḥ || adbhyaḥ pṛthivī" || (tai0 u0 2|1) "ṛṣibhyaḥ pitaro jātāḥ pitṛbhyo devamānavāḥ devebhyastu jagatsarvaṃ caraṃ sthāṇvanupūrvaśaḥ" || (manusmṛti 3|201) "bṛhaspatiḥ pūrveṣāmuttamo bhavati indra uttareṣāṃ prathamaḥ” "yāni pañcadhā trīṇi trīṇi tebhyo na jyāyaḥ paramanyadasti yastadveda sa veda sarvaṃ sarvā diśo balimasmai haranti" ### [15.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15.16.p2) chā0 u0 2|21|3-4 ## Linked texts (1) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.6.51.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.15) · Pramāṇa