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# Adhvarakanda 17

Adhvarakāṇḍa 17

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.2)

“te devā juṣṭāstanūḥ priyāṇi dhāmāni sārddhaṃ samavadadire | te hocuḥ etena naḥ sa nānā'sad, etena viṣvaṅ ( asat ) yo na etadatikrāmāt (atikrāmet)” iti  
“taddevā apyetarhi nātikrāmanti"  
“ke hi syuryadatikrāmeyuḥ”  
“anṛtaṃ hi vadeyuḥ”  
“ekaṃ ha vai devā vrataṃ caranti-satyameva | tasmādeṣāṃ jitamanapajayyam,  
tasmādyaśaḥ”  
“eṣa vai jāto jāyate sarvābhya etābhyo devatābhyaḥ” | (ai0 brā0 11

### [17.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.8)

)  
"yadeveha tadamutra yadamutra tadanvihaḥ" | (kaṭho0 2|1|10)  
"na prāṇena nāpānena martyo jīvati kaścana  
itareṇa tu jīvanti yasminnetāvupāśritau" || (kaṭho0 u0 2|2|5)  
"madhye vāmanamāsīnaṃ viśvedevā upāste" | (kaṭho0 u0 2|2|3)  
"yo'smātmanaḥ (prajñānātmanaḥ) kārayitā taṃ kṣetrajñaṃ pracakṣate"  
"satya saṃhitā vai devāḥ anṛta saṃhitā manuṣyāḥ"  
"evaṃ ha vā'asya jitamanapajayyam, evaṃ yaśo bhavati-ya evaṃ vidvāBranchnsatyaṃ  
vadati"  
"tadetat tānūnaptraṃ nidānena"

### [17.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.9)

“te devā juṣṭāstanūḥ, priyāṇi dhāmāni, sārdhaṃ samavadadire | (evameva ) athaita (ṛtvigaḥ) ājyānyeva gṛhṇānā juṣṭāstanūḥ priyāṇi dhāmāni  
sārdhaṃ samavadyante–(ghṛtena tānūnaptraṃ–śapathakarmma karttavyamiti bhāvaḥ)”  
“satyenāpi śapedyastu devatā guru saṃnnidhau  
tasyavaivasvato rājā dharmmasyārthaṃ nikṛntati”  
“tasmādu ha na sarveṇeva samabhyaveyāt | nenme juṣṭāstanvaḥ priyāṇi  
dhāmāni sārdhaṃ samabhyavāyān-(ataḥ-na samabhyaveyām)”--iti  
“yeno ha samabhyaveyāt—nāsmai druhyet”  
“idaṃ hyāhuḥ na satānūnaptriṇe drogdhavyamiti”

### [17.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.10)

“athāto gṛhṇātyeva”  
“tamabhyanakti| dadhnā madhunā ghṛtena dadhi haivāsya lokasyarūpaṃ ghṛtamantarikṣasya madhvamuṣya”—iti| (śata0 7|5|1|3)  
“āpataye tvā paripataye gṛhṇāmi”  
"yo vā'yaṃ pavate-eṣa ā ca patāti pari ca patati | etasmā'u hi  
gṛhṇāti | tasmādāha-āpataye tvā paripataye gṛhṇāmi" - iti

### [17.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.11)

"tanūnaptre śākvarāyeti"

### [17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.12)

gṛhṇāti tasmādāha śakvanna'ojiṣṭhāya" iti

### [17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.13)

"athātaḥ samavamṛśantyeva"  
"etaddha devā bhūyaḥ samāmire-itthaṃ naḥ so'muthāsada-yo na etadatikrāmāditi | tatho evaita etatsa mamante-itthaṃ naḥ so'muthāsat-yo na etadatikrāmāditi"

### [17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.17.14)

"anādhṛṣṭamasyanādhṛṣyaṃ devānāmojo'nabhiśastyabhiśastipā  
anabhiśastenyam añjasā satyamupageṣaṃ svite mā'dhāḥ" || (vā0 saṃ0 5|5)  
"yataḥ anādhṛṣyaṃ- (adharṣaṇīyam) ataḥ—anādhṛṣṭamasi"  
"anādhṛṣṭā hi devā'āsan, anādhṛṣyāḥ, sahasantaṃḥ, samānaṃ vadantaḥ,  
samānaṃ dadhrāṇā"  
"devānābhoja iti | devānāṃ vai juṣṭāstanvaḥ priyāṇi dhāmāni”  
"sarvā hi devā abhiśastiṃ tīrṇāḥ"  
"añjasā satyamupageṣam"  
"satyaṃ vadāni-medamatkramiṣam ityevaitadāha"  
"svite mā'dhāḥ iti"  
"svite mā'dhā iti”

## Linked texts (1)

- [Vaidikakośa (Haṃsarāja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.vaidikakosa-hamsaraja.2567.1) — Haṃsarāja, Sanskrit

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