[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) › [Atharvavedabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana) › 14.12 # Atharvavedabrahmana 14.12 Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.12) atha yad dvaipadau stotriyānurūpau bhavataḥ, imā nu kaṃ bhuvanāsīṣadhāmeti | dvipādvai puruṣaḥ, dvipratiṣṭhaḥ (1) puruṣaḥ, puruṣo vai yajñaḥ, tasmād dvepadau stotriyānurūpau bhavataḥ | atha sukorttiṃ śaꣲsati, apendra prāco maghavannamitrāniti | devayonirvai sukorttiḥ, sa ya evametāṃ devayomyāṃ sukīrttiṃ vedakorttiṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati, bhūtānāṃ korttimān svarge loke pratitiṣṭhati | pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhiḥ, ya evaṃ veda | atha vṛṣākapiṃ śaṃsati, viddi sotorasṛkṣateti ādityovai vṛṣākapiḥ, tyyat kampayamāno (2) reto varṣati, tasmādvṛṣākapiḥ, taddṛṣākapervṛṣākapitvaṃ kapirikhavai sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti, ya evaṃ veda | tasya tṛtīyeṣu pādeṣvādyantayonyaṃ khaninardau (3) karoti, annaṃ vainyūṅkhaḥ, balaṃ (4) ninardaḥ, annādyamevāsmai tad bale nidadhāti | atha kuntāpaṃ śaṃsati, kuyaṃ ha vai nāma kutsitaṃ bhavati, tadyattapati, tasmāt kuntāpāḥ, tat kuntāpānāṃ kuntāpatvaṃ | tapyantesmai (5) kuryāditi tamakuyaḥ svarge loke pratitiṣṭhati | pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhiḥ, ya evaṃ veda | tasya caturdaśaprathamā (6) bhavanti, idaṃ janā upaśruteti | tāḥ pragāthaṃ śaṃsati, yathā vṛṣākapiṃ vārṣarūpaṃ hi vṛṣākapemtanyāyamityeva | atha raibhoḥ śaṃsati, vacasva rebhavacasveti | rebhanto vai devāsa ṛṣayaśca svargam̐ lokamāyan, tathaivaitadyajamānā rebhanta eva svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti, tāḥ pragrāhamityeva atha pārikṣitoḥ śaṃsati, rājño viśvajanīnasyeti | saṃvatsaro vai parikṣit, saṃvatsaro hīdaṃ sarvaṃ pariciyatauti | atho khalvāhuḥ, agnirve parikṣit agnihīṃ daṃ sarvaṃ pariciyatauti | atho khalvā huḥ, gāthā evaitāḥ kāravyā rājñaḥ parikṣita iti | sa nastadyathā kuryāt, yathākuryāt(1), gāthā evaitāsya śastābhavanti | yadyu vai gāthā agnereva(2) gāthāḥ saṃvatsarasya veti brūyāt, yadyu vai mantrognereva mantraḥ saṃvatsarasya veti brūyāt, tāḥ pragrāhamityeva | atha kāravyāḥ śaṃsati, indraḥ kārumabūbudhaditi | yadeva devāḥ kalyāṇaṃ karma kurvaṃstat kāravyābhiravāpnuvan, tathaivaitat yajamānāḥ yadeva devāḥ kalyāṇaṃ karma kurvanti, tat kāravyābhiravāpnuvanti, tāḥ pragrāhamityeva | atha diśāṃ klṛptoḥ, pūrvaṃ śastvā yaḥ sabheyo vidathya iti | janakalpā uttarāḥ śaṃsati, yonāktāco anabhyakta iti, ṛtavo vai diśaḥ prajananaḥ, tadyadi śāṅklṛptoḥ pūrvaṃ śastvā yaḥ sabheyo vidathya iti janakalpā uttarāḥ śaṃsati, ṛtūneva tat kalpayati, ṛtuṣu pratiṣṭhāpayati | pratiṣṭhantīridaṃ sarvamanupratiṣṭhati(3) | pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhiḥ, ya evaṃ veda tā ardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhityā eva | athendragāthāḥ śaṃsati, yadindrodo daśarātra iti | indragāthābhirha vai devā asurānājñāyāyainānanvayan, tathaivaitat yajamānā indragāthābhirevāpriyaṃ bhrātṛvyamāgāyāthainamatiyanti, tāmardharcaśaḥ śaṃsati, pratiṣṭhityai eva - [Previous: 14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.11) - [Next: 14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.13) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14) ## Linked texts (1) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.6.12_13) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.12) · Pramāṇa