[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) › 14.4 # Atharvavedabrahmana 14.4 Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.4) apaindra prāco maghavannamitrāniti, maitrāvaruṇaḥ purastāt sampaśatānāmaharahaḥ śaṃsati | apāpāco abhibhūte nudasvāpodīco apa śūrā dharāca urau yathā tava śarman mademeti, abhayasya rūpamabhayamiva hyanviccheti, brahmaṇā te brahmayujā yunajmīti, brāhmaṇācchaṃ syetāmaharahaḥ śaṃsati | yuktavatīṃ yukta ivāhyahīnohīnasya rūpamuru no lokamanuneṣīti, acchāvāko 'harahaḥ śaṃsati anuneṣotyeta ivāhyahīno'hīnasya rūpaṃ neṣīti satrāyaṇarūpa' okaḥsārī haivaiṣāmindro bhavati, yathā gauḥ prajñātaṃ goṣṭhaṃ, yathā ṛṣabhaṃ(4) vāsitāyāḥ, evaṃ haivaiṣāmindro yajñamāgacchanti(5) na śūnaṃ yathāhonasya(6) paridadhyāt | kṣatriyo ha rāṣṭrādbhavate, yo haiva paro bhavati, tamabhibhvahyati - [Previous: 14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.3) - [Next: 14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.5) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14) ## Linked texts (2) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.6.4) — Sanskrit - [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.22) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.4) · Pramāṇa