[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) › 14.2 # Atharvavedabrahmana 14.2 Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.2) ko adya naryo devakāma iti maitrāvaruṇaḥ| vanena vā yo̍nyadhāyi cākanniti brāhmaṇācchaṃsī| āyāhyarvāṅupabandhureṣṭha ityacchāvākaḥ| etāni vā āvapanāni, etairevāvapanairhaivādya ṛṣayaśca svargaṃ lokamāyan| tathaivaitadyajamānā etairevāvapanaiḥ svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti| sadyo ha jāto vṛṣabhaḥ kanīna iti maitrāvaruṇaḥ purastāt sampātānāmaharahaḥ śaṃsati| tadetat sūktaṃ, svargametena sūktena devāśca ṛṣayaśca svargaṃ lokamāyan| tathaivaitadyajamānā etenaiva sūktena svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti| tadvṛṣabhavat paśumadbhavati paśūnāmāptyai| tatpañcarcaṃ bhavati, annaṃ vai paṅktiḥ, annādyasyāvarudhyai(3), ariṣṭairnaḥ pathibhiḥ pārayanviti svargatāyā evaitadaharahaḥ śaṃsati| udu brahmāṇyairataśravasyeti brāhmaṇācchaꣲsī| brahmaṇv detat sūktaṃ, samṛddhametena sūktena devāśca ṛṣayaśca svargaṃ lokamāyan| tathaivaitadyajamānā etenaiva sūktena svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti| tadu vai ṣaḍarcaṃ, ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ, ṛtūnāmāptyai| tadupariṣṭāt sampātānāmaharahaḥ śaṃsati| abhitaṣṭaṃ vadīdhayā manīṣāmityacchāvāko aharahaḥ śaṃsati| abhivadati tasyai rūpamabhipriyāṇi marmṛśatparāṇīti, yānyeva parāṇyahāni, tāni priyāṇi, tānyeva tadbhimṛśanto yantyabhyārabhamāṇāḥ| paro vā asmāllokāt(1) svargo lokaḥ, svargameva taṃ lokamabhimṛśanti| kavīṃ ṛcchāmi(2) sandṛśe sumedhā iti, ye ha vā anena pūrve prītāste vai kavayaḥ, tānyeva tadabhyabhivadati| yadu vai daśarcaṃ, daśa vai prāṇāḥ, prāṇāneva tadāpnoti prāṇānāṃ santatyai| yadu vai śadacaṃ, daśa vai puruṣe prāṇāḥ, daśa svargā lokāḥ, prāṇāṃścaiva tat svargāṃśca lokānāpnoti prāṇeṣu caivaitat svargeṣu ca lokeṣu pratitiṣṭhanto yanti| yadu vai daśarcaṃ, daśākṣarā virāṭ, iyaṃ vai virāṭ, iyaṃ vai svargasya lokasya pratiṣṭhā, tadetadasyāṃ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayati| sasradindraṃ nirāhate, nendrādrūpāt pracavate, tadupariṣṭāt sampātānāmaharahaḥ śaṃsati - [Previous: 14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.1) - [Next: 14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.3) - [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.2.6.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.2) · Pramāṇa