Atharvavedabrahmana 11.6

11.6

yajño vai devebhya udakrāmat, na vo'hamannaṃ bhaviṣyāmīti | neti
devā abruvan, annameva no bhaviṣyasīti | taṃ devā vimethire | sa
ebhyo vihataḥ(1) na prababhūva | te hocurdevāḥ, na vai na dūcchan vihataḥ(2) alaṃ bhaviṣyati, hantemam̐ sambharāmaiti | taṃ sam̐jabhruḥ
taṃ sambhṛtyocaturaśvinau, imaṃ bhiṣajyatamiti | aśvinau vai devānāṃ
bhiṣajāvaśvināvadhvaryū, tasmādadhvaryū gharmaṃ sambharata | tam̐ sambhṛtyocatuḥ, brahman gharmeṇa pracariṣyāmaḥ, hotargharmamabhiṣṭuhi, udgātaḥ sāmāni gāyeti | pracarata gharmamityanujānāti | brahmaprasūtā hi pracaranti, brahma hedaṃ prasavānāmīśe, savitṛprasūtatāyai gharmaṃ tapāmi,
brahma jajñānamiyamitrigā rāṣṭre tvanna iti| gharmaṃ tāpyamānamupāsīta,
śastravadardharcaśa āhnāvapratigaravarjaṃ rūpasamṛddhābhiḥ | etadvai yajñasya
samṛddhaṃ, yadrūpasamṛddhaṃ | yat karma kriyamāṇamṛgyajurvābhivadati, svasti
tasya yajñasya pāramaśnute | ya evaṃ veda, vedamiyunaṃ vā etat yad
gharmaḥ, tasmādantardhā hi(3) pracarantyantarhitā vai mithunaṃ carantīti
tadetadeva mithunamityācakṣate, tasya yo gharmaḥ, tacchiśnaṃ, yau śaphau,
tāvāṇḍau, ya upayamanīke, śroṇikapāle, yatpayaḥ, tadretaḥ, tadagnau
devayonyāṃ reto brahmamayaṃ dhatte prajananāya | so'gnirdaivayonirṛṅmayo yajurmayaḥ sāmamayo brahmamayo'mṛtamaya āhutimayaḥ sarvendriyaḥ
sampanno yajamāna ūrdhvaḥ svargaṃ lokameti | tadāhuḥ, na prathamayajñe
pravargyaṃ kurvīta, anupanāmakā (1) ha vā enamuttare yajñakratavo bhavantīti| kāmantu yonūcānaḥ(2) śrotriyaḥsyāt, tasya pravrvvaṅgāt,
ātmā vai sa yajñasyeti vijñāyate, apaśirasā ha vā eṣa yajñena
yajate, yo'pravargyeṇa yajate| śiro ha vā etadyajñasya, yat
pravargyaḥ| tasmāt pravargyavatyaiva (3) yājayennāpravargyeṇa| tadapyeṣābhyanūktā, catvāri śṛṅgeti