Atharvavedabrahmana 13.5

13.5

prathameṣu paryāyeṣu stuvate, prathameṣu padeṣu ninardayanti, prathamarātrādeva tadasurānniraghnanti| madhyameṣu paryāyeṣustuvate, madhyameṣu padeṣu
ni̱narda̍yanti, madhya̱marā̱trāde̱va tadasurā̱nbira̱dmanti̍| utta̱meṣu̍ paryā̱yeṣu̍
stuvate, utta̱meṣu̍ nina̱rddaya̍nti, utta̱marā̱trāde̱va tada̍surā̱nbira̱ghnanti̍
tadyathābhyāghā̱rāt puna̍ḥ puna̍ḥ pāpmā̍na̱ṃ nirha̍rantye̱vamevaitat sto
triyānurūpāmyāmahorātrābhyāmeva tada̍surā̱nbira̱ghnanti̍| gāya̱trīṃ
śa̍ṃsanti, tejo vai brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatrī, teja evāsmai tadbrahmavarcasaṃ
yajamāne dadhati| gāyatrī śastvā jagatīṃ śaṃsanti, brahma ha vai
jagato, brahma̱ṇaivāsmai tad brahmavarcasaṃ yajamāne dadhati| vyāva̱rttayanti
gāyatroñca jagatoścāntareṇa, chandāṃsyeva taṃ nānāvauyyā̍ṇi kurvvanti
jagatoḥ śastvā triṣṭubhaḥ śaṃsanti, paśavo vai jagato, paśūneva tat
triṣṭubhaḥ paridadhati| balaṃ vai vīryyaṃ triṣṭup, balameva taddīryyantataḥ(1) pratiṣṭhāpayati| andhasatyo mahatyaḥ sutavatyaḥ pītavatyastriṣṭubho yājyāḥ samṛddhāḥ sulacāḥ, etadvai rātrorūpaṃ jāniyāt
rātriṃ yāvadu ha vai na vā stuvate na vā śasyate, tāvadrakṣāṃ
asurarakṣāṃsi ca yajñamanuvanayanti(2)| tasmādāhavanīyaṃ samidhamāgnīdhrīyaṃ gārhapatyaṃ dhiṣṇyaṃ samujjvalayet| atibhāṣayeran
jvalayeran prakāśamiva vai tasyādāre bhinnaṃ suvīra̍stān hrātaḥ
śreṣṭho vā iti pāpmānāmabhihaṅkoti(3)| te tamaḥpāpmānamapāghnate
te tamaḥpāpmānamapāghnate