Atharvavedabrahmana 13.3

13.3

pavamānavadaharityāhuḥ, na rātriḥ pavamānavatī, kathamubha pavamānavatī bhavataḥ, kena te samāvadbhājī bhavata iti| yadevaindrāya
mahane sutamidaṃ(2)vaso sutamandha idaṃ hyanvojasā sutamiti stuvanti
ca śaṃsanti (1) ca, tena rātriḥ pavamānavatī, (2) tenobhe pavamānavatī bhavataḥ, tena te samāvadbhājī bhavataḥ | pañcadaśastotramaharityāhuḥ, na rātriḥ pañcadaśastotrā, kathamabhe pañcadaśastotre bhavataḥ,
kena te samāvadbhājī bhavata iti | dvādaśastocāṇyapiśarvarāṇi
tisṛbhirdevatābhiḥ sandhino rāyantareṇāśvinā yaḥ stuvate, tena
rātriḥ pañcadaśastocā, tenobhe pañcadaśastotre bhavataḥ, tena te
samāvadbhājī bhavataḥ | parimitaṃ stuvantyaparimitamanuśaṃsanti,
parimitaṃ bhūtarmāparamitaṃ bhavyamaparimittāndhevāvarundhyāditdhatiśaṃsanti(3) | stomamati vai prajāsyātmānamatipaśavaḥ(4) | tadyadevāsyātmānantadevāsmaitenāpyāyayanti | atho iyaṃ vā idaṃ sarvaṃ snehasyaiva tattajasa | atha tadahorātrābhyāmāptaṃ snehatejasorāptyai
gāyatrīṃ stotriyānurūpaṃ śaṃsanti, tejo, vai gāyatrī, tamaḥ pāpmā,
rācistena tejasā tamaḥpāpmānantaranti punarādāyaṃ(5), śaṃsanti| evaṃ hi sāmagāḥ stuvate, yathāstutamanuśastaṃ bhavati
na hi tat stutaṃ yannānuśastaṃ | tadāhuḥ, atha kasmāduttamāt
pratohārādāhnaya sāmnā śastramupamantanvantīti