Atharvavedabrahmana 14.3

14.3

kastamindra tvā vasuṃ marttavyo atasonāṃ kadrūkṛnvasyātaṃ(3)
iti kahantaḥ pragāthā aharahaḥ śaṃsati| eko vai prajāpatiḥ,
prajāpaterāptyai| yadeva kahantaḥ, tat svargasya lokasya rūpaṃ| yadeva
kahantaḥ, atho annaṃ vai kaṃ, atho annasyāvaruddhyai| yadeva(1)kahantaḥ,
atho sukhaṃ vai kaṃ, atho sukhasyāvaruddhyai| yadeva(2) kahantaḥ,
athāharaharvā ete, śāntānyahīnasūktānyupayuñjānā yanti, tāni
kahadbhiḥ pragāthaiḥ śamayanti| tānyebhyaḥ śāntānikāṃ bhavanti(3),
tānyetāñ śāntāni svargaṃ lokamabhivahanti| triṣṭubhaḥ sūktāḥ
pratipadaḥ śaṃseyuḥ, tā heke purastāt pragāthānāṃ śaṃsanti, dhāyyā
iti vadantastadu tathā na kuryāt| kṣatraṃ vai hotā, viśo hotrāśaṃsinaḥ, kṣatrasyaiva tadviṣaṃ pratyavrāminīṅkuryuḥ| pāvamānasya(4)
sanviṣṭubho mā imā(5) sūktaḥ pratipad ityevaṃ vidyāt, yathā vai
samudraṃ praplaveyuḥ, evaṃ haivaite praplavayante(6) ye saṃvatsaraṃ dvādaśāhaṃ
vopāsante, tadyathā mairāvatī nāvaṃ pārakāmāḥ samāroheyuḥ,
evaṃ haivaitāstriṣṭubhaḥ svargakāmāḥ samārohanti| na ha vā
etacchando gamayitvā svargaṃ lokamupāvarttante(7)| vīryyavantaṃ
saṃhitābhyo nadyāvahyīta, samānaṃ hi chandaḥ, atho'nye dhāyyā
karavāṇīti | yadenāḥ śaṃsanti(1), tat svargasya lokasya rūpaṃ
yaddevenāḥ śaṃsanti(2), indramevaitairnihvayante, yatha ṛṣabhaṃ(3) vāsitāyai