[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) › [Adhvarakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda) › 3 # Adhvarakanda 3 Adhvarakāṇḍa 3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.1) iti somākhyānabrāhmaṇaṃ samāptam iti tṛtīyakāṇḍe dvitīyo'dhyāyaśca samāptaḥ atha tṛtīyādhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam 'somakrayaṇī brāhmaṇam' \[mūla \] sapta padānyanuniṣkrāmati | vṛṅktaevaināmetattsmātsapta padānyanu niṣkrāmati yatra vai vācaḥ prajātāni chandāṃsi saptapadā vai teṣāṃ parāddharcā śakvarī tāmevaitatparastādarvācīṃ vṛṅkte tasmātsapta padānyanu niṣkrāmati ### [3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.2) sa vai vāca eva rūpeṇānu niṣkrāmati | vasyasyaditirasyādityāsi rudrāsi candrāsīti vasvī hyaṣāditihya ṣādityā hyaṣā rudrā hyeṣā candrā hyeṣā bṛhaspatiṣṭvā sumne ramaṇātviti brahma vai bṛhaspatirbṛhaspatiṣṭvā sādhunāvartayatvityevaitadāha rudro vasubhirācaka 'ityapraṇāśāyaitadāha rudraṃ hi nāti paśavaḥ ### [3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.3) atha saptamaṃ padaṃ paryupaviśanti | sa hiraṇyaṃ pade nidhāya juhoti na vā'nagnāvāhutirhū yate'gniretasaṃ vai hiraṇyaṃ tatho hāsyaiṣāgnimantyevāhutirhutā bhavati vajro vā'grājyaṃ vajreṇaivaitadājyena spṛṇute tāṃ spṛtvā svīkurute ### [3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.4) sa juhoti | adityāstvā mūrddhannājigharmītīyaṃ vai pṛthivyaditirasyai hi mūrddhan juhoti devayajane pṛthivyā'iti devajayane hi pṛthivyai juhotīḍāyāspadamasi ghṛtavat svāheti gaurvā'iḍā gorhi pade juhoti ghṛtavatsvāheti ghṛtavaddhahye tadabhihutaṃ bhavati ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.5) atha sphyamādāya parilikhati | vajro vai sphyo vajre ṇaivaitatparilikhati triṣkṛtvaḥ parilikhati trivṛtaivaitadvajre ṇa samantaṃ parigṛhṇātyanatikramāya ### [3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.6) sa parilikhati | asme ramasveti yajamāne ramasvetyevaitadāhātha samullikhya padaṃ sthālyāṃ saṃvapatyasme te bandhuriti yajamāne te bandhurityevaitadāha ### [3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.7) athāpa upaninayati | yatra vā'asyai khanantaḥ krūrīkurvantyapaghnanti śāntirāpastadbhiḥ śāntyā śamayati tadbhiḥ saṃdadhāti tasmādapa upaninayati ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.8) atha yajamānāya padaṃ prayacchati | tve rāya iti paśavo vai rāyastvayi paśava ityevaitadāha tadyajamānaḥ pratigṛhṇāti me rāya iti paśavo vai rāyo mayi paśava ityevaitadāha ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.9) athādhvaryurātmāna mupaspṛśati | mā vayaṃ rāyaspoṣeṇa viyauṣmeti tatho hādhvaryuḥ paśubhya ātmānaṃ nāntareti ### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.10) atha patnyai padaṃ pratiparāharanti | gṛhā vai patnyai pratiṣṭhā tad gṛheṣvevainā metat pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati tasmāt patnyai padaṃ pratiparāharanti ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.11) tāṃ neṣṭā vācayati | toto rāya ityathaināṃ somakrayaṇyā saṃkhyāpayati vṛṣā vai somo yoṣā patnyeṣa vā'atra somo bhavati yat somakrayaṇī mithuna mevaitat prajananaṃ kriyate tasmādenāṃ somakrayaṇyā saṃkhyāpayati ### [3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.12) sa saṃkhyāpayati | samakhye devyā dhiyā saṃ dakṣiṇayorucakṣasā | mā ma'āyuḥ pramoṣīrmo'ahaṃ tava vīraṃ videya tava devi saṃdṛśītyāśiṣa mevaitadāśāste putro vai vīraḥ putraṃ videya tava saṃdṛśītyevaitadāha ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.13) sā yā babhruḥ piṅgākṣī | sā somakrayaṇī yatra vā'indrāviṣṇū tredhā sahasraṃ vyairayetāṃ tadekātyaricyata tāṃ tredhā prājanayatāṃ tasmādyo'pyetarhi tredhā sahasraṃ vyākuryādekaivātiricyeta ### [3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.14) sā yā babhruḥ piṅgākṣī | sā somakrayaṇyatha yā rohiṇī sā vārtraghnī yā midaṃ rājā saṃgrāmaṃ jitvodākurute'tha yā rohiṇī śyetākṣī sā pitṛdevatyā yā midaṃ pitṛbhyo ghnanti ### [3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.15) sā yā babhruḥ piṅgākṣī | sā somakrayaṇī syādyadi babhruṃ piṅgākṣīṃ na vindedaruṇā syādyadyaruṇāṃ na vindedrohiṇī vārtraghnī syādrohiṇyai ha tveva śyetākṣyā'aṃśāṃ neyāt ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3.16) sā syādapravītā | vāgvā'eṣā nidānena yatsomakrayaṇyayātayāmnī vā'iyaṃ vāgayātayāmyapravītā tasmādapravītā syāt sā syādaṣaṇḍākūṭākāṇākarṇālakṣitāsaptaśaphā sā hyekarūpaikarūpā hīyaṃ vāk ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.3.3.1.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adhvarakanda.3) · Pramāṇa