[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) › 16 # Adhvarakanda 16 Adhvarakāṇḍa 16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2) — 2 parts - [16.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2) — 4 parts ### [16.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.1) “ṛtameva parameṣṭhi | ṛtaṃ nātyeti kiñcana ṛte samudra āhitaḥ | ṛte bhūmiriyaṃ śritā” || (tai0 brā0 1|5|1|1) “āpo bhṛgvaṅgirorūpamāpo bhṛgvaṅgiromayaṃ sarvamāpomayaṃ bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ bhṛgvaṅgiromayam” || (go0 brā0 pū0 1|36) “ita eta udāruhandivaḥ pṛṣṭhānyā ruhan pra bhūrjayo yathā pathodyāmaṅgiraso yayuḥ” || (sāmaveda 1|10|2) “agniḥ pṛthivīsthāno vāyurvendro vāntarikṣasthānaḥ sūryyo dyusthānāḥ” "agnirvai devānāmavamo viṣṇuḥ paramastadantareṇa sarvā anyādevatāḥ" "iti stutāso asathā riśādaso ye stha trayaśca triṃśacca | manordevā yajñiyāsaḥ" "eṣa vai somo rājā devānāmanaṃ yaccandramāḥ" | ( śata0 1|6|4|5) "pra samrāje bṛhadarcā gabhīraṃ brahma priyaṃ varuṇāya śrutāya vi yo jaghāna śamiteva carmopastire pṛthivīṃ sūryāya" ( ṛgveda maṃ0 5|85 ### [16.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2) ) "vaneṣu vyantarikṣaṃ tatāna vājamarvatsu paya usriyāsu hṛtsu kratuṃ varuṇo apsvagniṃ divi sūryyamadadhātsomamadrau" ( ṛgveda maṃ0 5|85 ### [16.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2.p1) ) "indraṃ mitraṃ varuṇamagnimāhuratho divyaḥ sa suparṇo garutmān ekaṃ sadviprā bahudhā vadantyagniṃ yamaṃ mātariśvānamāhuḥ” ### [16.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2.p2) ṛgveda maṃ0 1|164|46 ### [16.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.1-2) “sa ya eṣa āgneyo'ṣṭākapālaḥ puroḍāśo bhavati | so'gnereko bhāgo 'tha yadvāruṇo yavamayaścarurbhavati yo vai varuṇaḥ so'gniḥ so'gnerdvitīyo bhāgaḥ | (śata0 5|2|4|13) “ātithyena vai devā iṣṭvā ( vyadravan-vibhaktā abhūvan-kimarthaṃ taducyate ) tān (devān) samat (ahamahamikā-kalaho vā) avindat | te caturdhā vyadravan anyo'nyasya śriyā'atiṣṭhamānāḥ ( ādhipatyam asahamānāḥ ) “agnirvasubhiḥ” ( sahavyadravat ) “somo rudraiḥ” ( sahavyadravat ) “varuṇa ādityaiḥ” (sahavyadravat) “indro marudbhiḥ” (sahavyadravat) "bṛhaspatirviśvairdevaiḥ-ityu haika'āhuḥ" "ete ha tveva te viśve devāḥ- ye te caturdhā vyadravan" "tān vidrutān ( parasparaṃ viśliṣṭān ) asurarakṣāṃsāni anuvyaveyuḥ ( antaḥ praviṣṭā babhūvuḥ )" ### [16.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2) "te'viduḥ | pāpīyāṃso vai bhavāmo'surarakṣasāni vai no'nuvyavāguḥ (anugatāḥ) dviṣadvyo vai radhyāmaḥ ( vaśaṃprāptāḥ ) | hanta saṃjānāmahā'ekasya śriyai ( ādhipatyasya ) tiṣṭhāmahā'iti | ta'indrasya śriyā'atiṣṭhanta | tasmādāhurindraḥ sarvādevatā indraśreṣṭhā devā iti" ### [16.2-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2.p1) “tasmāt kṣatrātparaṃ nāsti tasmādbrāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyamadhastādupāste rājasūye" ### [16.2-2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2.p2) vṛ0 u0 1|4|11 ### [16.2-2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2.p3) "yathāgnigarbhā pṛthivī yathā dyaurindreṇa garbhiṇī" ### [16.2-2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.2-2.p4) śata0 14|6|4|21 ### [16.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.5) "yajña indramavardhayat | yadbhūmiṃ vyavarttayat | cakrāṇa opaśaṃ divi" (ṛgveda maṃ0 8|14 ### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.3) ) "tasmādu ha na svā ( jñātayaḥ parasparaṃ ) ṛtīyeran | (vaimatyena viśleṣaṇaṃ na kuryuḥ |)” “ya (śatruḥ) eṣāṃ (viśliṣṭānām ) parastarāmiva (pṛthaktaramiva ) bhavati sa enānanunyavaiti | (apica) te ( viśliṣṭāḥ ) priyaṃ dviṣatāṃ kurvanti (śatrūṇāṃyathā priyaṃ hitaṃ syāttathā kurvanti )| dviṣadabhyo radhyanti ( vaśaṃ prāpnurvanti ) tasmānna'rtīyeran” “sa yo haivaṃ vidvāṃnna'rtīyete'priyaṃ dviṣatāṃ karoti na dviṣadabhyo radhyati tasmānnā'rttīyeta” ### [16.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.4) “te hocuḥ-hantedaṃ (maitryaṃ-saṃghaṭanam) tathā karavāmahai-yathā na (asmākam) idam (susaṃghaṭanaṃ) prāpradivam eva (yāvajjīvanameva) ajayyaṃ (avināśyam) asat (bhavet)” iti ### [16.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.5-2) “te devāḥ-juṣṭāstanūḥ priyāṇi dhāmāni sārdhaṃ ( sahaiva ) samavadadire (vibhajyasthāpitavantaḥ)-( evaṃ kṛtvā ) te hocuḥ-etena naḥ (asmākaṃmadhya ) - sanācā (pṛthak) asat | etena (priyeṇadhāmnā)-(abhiḥ) | viṣvaṅ (viśīrṇo) yo na etat | (etena pratijñāṃ-saṃghaṭanaṃ vā) atikrāmāt (atikrāmet)” iti “kasyopadraṣṭuḥ” (kasya purastādidaṃ bhavet iti tātpardhyam ) “tanūnaptureva śākvarasya-(upadraṣṭuriti śeṣaḥ)” iti "kasyopadraṣṭuriti | tanūnappureva śākvarasyeti | yo vā'yaṃ pavateeṣa tanūnapācchākvaraḥ | so'yaṃ prajānāmupadraṣṭā praviṣṭastāvimau prāṇodānau ### [16.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.6) "tasmādāhuḥ-mano devā manuṣyasyājānantīti | manasā saṃkalpayati-tat prāṇamapipadyate, prāṇo vātam-vāto devebhya ācaṣṭe-yathā puruṣasya manaḥ" ### [16.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16.7) “manasā saṃkalpayati tad vātamapi gacchati vāto devebhya ācaṣṭe yathā puruṣa te manaḥ” ## Linked texts (2) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.8.30.2) — Sanskrit - [Sāmavedasaṃhitā (ed. Theodor Benfey)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.sama*benfey1848.7.2-4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.16) · Pramāṇa