[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) › 14.3 # Atharvavedabrahmana 14.3 Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.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 - [Previous: 14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.2) - [Next: 14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.4) - [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.2.6.3x) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.3) · Pramāṇa