Atharvavedabrahmana 13.1

13.1

om| aharvai devā āśrayanta rātromasurāḥ| te'surāḥ
samāvadīryyā evāsan, no vyāvarcanta| so'bravīt, indraḥ kathāhaṃ
cemānasurān rātromanvavaiśāmahya iti| sa deveṣu na pratyavindat,
avibhayū rātrestamasaḥ| mṛtyostama iva hi rātriḥ, mṛtya̱rve tamaḥ,
tasmādvāpyetarhi bhūyāniva naktaṃ| sa yāvanmācamivāprakramya
bibheti, taṃ vai chandāṃsyevānvavāyan| tayacchandāṃsyevānvavāyan,
tasmādindrasya chandāṃsi ca rātriṃ vahanti; na nivicyasyate na
purorugnādhyāyyā nānyā devatā| indrasya hyeva chandāṃsi ca rātriṃ
vahanti, tānvai paryāyaiḥ paryāyamanudanta| yat paryāyaiḥ paryāyamanudanta, tasmāt paryāyāḥ, tat paryāyāṇāṃ paryāyatvaṃ| tānvai
prathamairaiva paryāyaiḥ pūrvarātrādanudanta, madhyamaimaṃdhyarātrāduttamairapararātrāt| apiśarvayā apihmasotyabruvan| tadyadapiśarvayā apihmasotyabruvan, tadapiśarvarāṇāmapiśarvaratvaṃ| śarvarāṇi khalu
ha vā asyaitāni chandāṃsīti ha smāha| etāni ha vā indraṃ
rātrāstamaso mṛtyorabhipatyāvārayan, tadapiśarvarāṇāmapi
śarvaratvam