[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) › 21 # Adhvarakanda 21 Adhvarakāṇḍa 21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.8) — 2 parts - [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12) — 4 parts - [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.15) — 2 parts - [21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.17) — 2 parts ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.1) "saprasaṅga, upodghāto, hetutāvasarastathā nirvāhakaya, kāryyaikye, ṣoḍhā saṃgatiriṣyate"-iti "ātithyena vai devā iṣṭvā tān samadavindat | te tānūnaptraiḥ samaśāmyan" "ta etasyā prāyaścittimaicchan-yadanyo'nyaṃ pāpamavadan” “nāha purā'vabhṛthāt punardīkṣāmavākalpayan ( ataḥ prāyaścittimaicchaditi bhāvaḥ )” “ta etāmavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmapaśyan” ### [21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.2) “te'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyāṅgayanta” "tapo vā agniḥ, tapo dīkṣā" "tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyan" "tad yadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupāyan-tasmādavāntaradīkṣā" “santarāmāṅgulīrāñcanta- ( aṃgulīratiśayena saṃśliṣṭā akurvan ) - santarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryastāmevaināmetatsatīṃ paryāsyanta ( pūrvā śithilabaddhāṃ paritaḥ kṣiptāmeva punaḥ saṃlagnāṃ-dṛr̤habandhanayuktāmakurvan )” “tatho evaiṣa etad-yadtaḥ prācīnamavratyaṃ vā karoti, avratyaṃ vā vadati tasyaivaitatprāyaścittiṃ kurute” ### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.3) "so'gninaiva tvacaṃ vipalyaṅgayate (viparyyaṅgayate) | tapo vā agniḥ, tapo dīkṣā| tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupaiti" “santarāmaṅgulīracate, santarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryyastāmevaināmetatsatīṃ paryyasyate” "prajāmu haiva taddevā upāyan” ### [21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.4) "te'gnineva tvayaṃ vipalyāṅgayanta| agnirve mithunasya kartā prajanayitā" "somaḥ prathamo vivide gandharvo vivida uttaraḥ tṛtīyo agniṣṭe patisturīyaste manuṣyajāḥ" || (ṛgveda maṃ0 10|85|40) "tat prajāmupāyan" "santarāmaṅgulīrāñcanta, santarāṃ mekhalām (paryasyanta) | tat prajāmātmannakurvata (devāḥ) | tatho evaiṣa (yajamānaḥ) etat prajāmevopaiti" ### [21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.5) "so'gnineva tvacaṃ vipalyaṅkayate | agnirvai mithunasya karttā prajanayitā tat prajāmupaiti | santarāmaṅgulīrañcate, santarāṃ mekhalām (paryasyate) | tat prajāmātman kurute" ### [21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.6) hotā adhvaryuḥ udgātā brahmā iti prathamā praśāstā pratiprasthātā prastotā brāhmaṇācchaṃsī iti ardhinaḥ acchāvākaḥ neṣṭā pratiharttā agnīdhraḥ iti tṛtīyinaḥ 1|-|) grāvastotā unnetā subrahmaṇyaḥ potā iti pādinaḥ ṛgvedinaḥ yajurvedinaḥ sāmavedinaḥ trivedinaḥ ṛtvijaḥ dakṣiṇa pratyekasya dakṣiṇatvaṃ catuṣṭayasya "tasmā'etasmai saptadaśāya prajāpataye | etatsaptadaśamannaṃ samaskurvantya eṣa saumyo'dhvaro'tha yā asya tāḥ ṣoḍaśa kalā ete te ṣoḍaśartvijastasmānna saptadaśamṛtvijaṃ kurvīta nedatirecayāni"-iti| (śata0 10|4|1|16) "devānāmu ha sma dīkṣitānāṃ yaḥ samiddhāro vā, svādhyāyaṃ vā-visṛjyate(arthāt-pravacanakāraḥ)| taṃ ha sma ( pravacanakāraṃ-samiddhāraṃ ca ) itarasyaivetaraṃ rūpeṇa-(samidāhartṛ rūpeṇa pravacana karttāram ) itarasyetaraṃ- ( pravacana kartṛ rūpeṇa samidāharttāram ) asura rakṣāṃsi jighāṃsanti-(hantumicchānti)" "te ha pāpaṃ vadanta upasameyura-iti vai māṃ tvamacikīrṣoḥ iti | mā jighāṃsīriti" "agnirhava tathā nānyamuvāda-agni tathā nānyaḥ" ### [21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.7) "te hocuḥ- apītthaṃ (anena prakāreṇa) tvāmagne'vādiṣūḥ (asurāḥ) naivāhamantyaṃ na māmanya"-iti ### [21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.8) "te ( ṛtvijaḥ-prāṇāgnayaḥ ) abiduḥ-ayaṃ vai ( āhavanīyāgniḥ ) no (ātmākaṃ madhye) virakṣastamaḥ | asyaiva rūpamasāma" "tena rakṣāṃsyatimokṣyāmahe-tena svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnuviṣyāmahe" "te'gnereva rūpamabhavan, tena rakṣāṃsyatyamucyanta | tena svargaṃ lokaṃ samāśnuvata" "tatho'evaiṣa etadagnereva rūpaṃ bhavati, tena rakṣāṃsyatimucyate, tena-svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnute" "sa vai samidhamevābhyādadhadavāntaradīkṣāmupaiti" ### [21.8.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.8.p1) "agne vratapāstve vratapāḥ yā tava tanūriyaṃ sā mayi yo mama tanūreṣā sā tvayi saha nau vratapate vratāni anu me dīkṣāṃ dīkṣāpatirmanyatām anutapastapaspatiḥ" ### [21.8.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.8.p2) vā0 saṃ. 5|6 ### [21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.9) "agne vratapāstve vratapā"-iti "yā tava tanūriyaṃ-sā mayi | yo mama tanūreṣā sā tvayi | saha nau vratapate ? vratāni-iti | tad agninā tvacaṃ vipalyaṅkayate | anu me dīkṣāṃ dīkṣāpatirmanyatām | anutapastapaspatiḥ" "tadavāntarāṃ dīkṣāmupaiti | santarāmaṅgulīrañcate, santarāṃ mekhalāṃ paryyastāmevaināmetatsataṃ paryyasyate ### [21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.10) “athainaṃ (somam) ato-(asmāt kālāt) madantībhirupacaranti" “tapo vā agniḥ, tapo madantyaḥ | tasmādenaṃ madantībhirupacaranti" ### [21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.11) “atha madantīrupaspṛśya rājānamāpyāyayanti” “tad yanmadantīrupaspṛśya rājānamāpyāyayanti” “vajro vā ājyam, retaḥ somaḥ | nedvajreṇājyena retaḥ somaṃ hinasāmeti tasmānmadantīrupaspṛśya, rājānamāpyāyayanti” ### [21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12) "yasmā'etadāpyāyanaṃ kriyate-ātithyaṃ somāya-tamevāgra'āpyāyayeyuḥ( āgata somasya-anya karmmaśya-prāk-maryādānusāramāpyāyanabhāvaśyakan ) athāvāntaradīkṣām-atha tānūnaptrāṇīti" "tadu tathā na kuryād" "yajñasya vā evaṃ (krama viśiṣṭaṃ) karma | atra vā enāntasamadavindat te saṃśamameva pūrvamupāyan (śamave pūrvaṃ samuyāyan-kalaho paśamanarūpa tānūnaptraṃ pūrvaṃ kṛta vantaḥ iti bhāvaḥ) athāvāntaradīkṣām-athāpyāyanam" ### [21.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12.p1) "tad yadāpyāyayanti" (taducyate) “devo vai somaḥ-divi hi somaḥ"- (āsīt-asau vai somo devaḥiti bhāvaḥ) “tvaṣṭuha vai putraḥ | triśīrṣā ṣaḍakṣa āsa tasya trīṇyeva mukhānyāsustadya devaṃ rūpa āsa tasmādviśvarūpo nāma” | (śata0 5|5|4|2) “vṛtro vai soma āsīt” “indro ha yatra vṛtrāya vajraṃ prajahāra” ### [21.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12.p2) śata0 1|2|4|1 ### [21.12.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12.p3) “yatra vā'indro vṛtramahaṃstasya yadakṣyāsīttaṃ giri trikakudamakarot” ### [21.12.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.12.p4) śata0 3|1|3|12 ### [21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.13) “tasyaitaccharīram yadgirayo, yadaśmānaḥ | tadeṣo'śānā nāmauṣadhirjāyate iti ha smāha śvetaketurāddālakiḥ” "tāmetadāhṛtyābhiṣurāvanti | tāṃ dīkṣopasadbhiḥ, tānūnaptraiḥ, śrāpyāyanena somaṃ kurvantīti | tatho'evaināmeṣa etaddīkṣopasadbhistānūnaptrairāpyāyanena somaṃ karoti" ### [21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.14) “madhu sāraghamiti vā āhuḥ” “madhu sāraghamiti vā āhuḥ | yajñoha vai madhu sāragham” “athaita eva saragho madhukṛto yadṛṛtvijaḥ” “tadyathā madhu madhukṛta āpyāyayeyuḥ-evamevaitadyajñamāpyāyayanti” ### [21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.15) "yajñena vai devāḥ imāṃ jiti jigyuḥ-yeṣāmiyaṃ jitiḥ" "te hocuḥ-kathaṃ na idaṃ manuṣyairanabhyārohyaṃ syāditi" "te yajñasya rasaṃ dhīttvā-yathā madhu madhukṛto nirddhayeyuḥ-viduhya yajñaṃ yūpena yopayitvā tiro'bhavan | atha yadanenāyopayan | tasmādyūpo nāma" ### [21.15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.15.p1) "tadvā ṛṣīṇāmanuśrutamāsa | te yajñaṃ samabharan | yathā'yaṃ yajñaḥ sambhṛtaḥ" "evaṃ vā eṣa yajñaṃ sambharati yo dīkṣate" "sahasradhā pañcadaśānyukyā yāvaddyāvāpṛthivī tāvadit tat sahasradhā mahimānaḥ sahasraṃ yāvadbrahma viṣṭhitaṃ tāvatī vāk” ### [21.15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.15.p2) ṛgveda maṃ0 10|114|8 ### [21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.16) "vāg vai yajñaḥ" "tadyadevātra yajñasya nirdhītaṃ, yadvidugdhaṃ-tadevaitatpunarāpyāyayati" ### [21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.17) "te vai ṣaḍbhūtvā āpyāyayanti” "ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ | ṛtava evaitad bhūtvā āpyāyayanti" ### [21.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.17.p1) "ta āpyāyayanti" "aṃśuraṃśuṣṭe deva somāpyāyatāmindrāyaika dhanavide | ātubhyamindraḥ pyāyatāmā tvamindrāya pyāyasva | āpyāyayāsmānt sakhīntsandhyā medhayā | svasti te deva soma sutyāmaśīya" ### [21.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.17.p2) vā0 saṃ0 5|7 ### [21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.18) “tadasyāṃśuraṃśumevāpyāyayanti" (ṛtvijaḥ) "indro vai yajñasya devatā | tasmādāha--indrāya iti | ekadhanavide"--iti "śataṃ śataṃ ha sma vā eṣa devān pratyekekaṃ evāṃśūḥ | eka dhanānāpyāyate, daśa-daśa vā" “ātuśyamindraḥ pyāyatām” “ā tvamindrāya pyāyasva” “tadetasminnāpyāyanaṃ dadhāti” “sa yat sanoti tat (dhanam) tadāha yat sanyeti | atha yadanubrūte | tadu tadāha-yat medhayeti” “svasti te deva soma sutyāmaśīya” “ekā vā'eteṣāmāśīrbhavati-ṛtvijāṃ ca yajamānasya ca yajñasyodṛcaṃ gacchema-iti | yajñasyodṛcaṃ gacchānītyevaitadāha” ### [21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.19) “atha prastare nihnuvate”-(prastare pāṇī saṃpuṣṭikṛtya mantreṇa aparādhamapalayati kṣamāpayati) "uttarataupacāro vai yajñaḥ" "athaitad dakṣiṇenānvityāpyāyayanti" "agnirvai yajñaḥ | tad yajñaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kurvanti" "tanmithyā kurvanti, devebhya āvṛścyante" "yajño vai prastaraḥ | tad yajñaṃ punarārabhante | tasyo haiṣā prāyaścittiḥ tatho haiṣāmetanna mithyākṛtaṃ bhavati | na devebhya āvṛścyante | tasmāt prastare nihnuvate" ### [21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.20) “akte nihnuvīra3n (nihnuvīra n) anakte-iti (praśne śrutiḥ)” “anakte haiva nihnuvīran | na nu praharaṇaṃ hyevāktasya” ### [21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.21) “te nihnuvate | eṣṭā rāyaḥ preṣe bhagāya'ṛtamṛtavādibhyo namo dyāvāpṛthivībhyām”-iti “he eṣṭaḥ ! (kalyāṇaṃ dātumicchan-agne !) iṣe (annāya) bhagāya(saukhyāya) rāyaḥ (dhanāni) prayaccha” “satyaṃ satyavādibhya ityevaitadāha” “namo dyāvāpṛthivībhyām” “tad ābhyāṃ dyāvāpṛthivībhyāṃ nihnuvate; yayoridaṃ sarvvamadhi” ### [21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21.22) “athāha samullupya prastaram agnīnmadanti-āpā” 3iti | madantītyagnīvāha | tābhirehītyuparyyuparyyagnimaṃtiharati | sa yannānupraharati; etena hyata ūrdhvānyahāni pracariṣyanbhavati | atha yaduparyyuparyyagnimaṃtiharati; tadevāvyānuprahṛtabhājanaṃ bhavati | tamagnīdhe prayacchati | tamagnīnnidadhāti ## Linked texts (2) - [Metrically restored text (van Nooten & Holland)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.rg*vnh.10.114.8) — Sanskrit - [Vaidikakośa (Haṃsarāja)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.nirukta.vaidikakosa-hamsaraja.2585.4) — Haṃsarāja, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.21) · Pramāṇa