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# Atharvavedabrahmana 14.6-2

Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 14.6-2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14.6-2)

tāni vā etāni sahacaraṇītyācakṣate, yannābhānediṣṭho  
bālakhilyaḥ| vṛṣākapiratha yā marutvāni saha vā śaṃset saha vā  
na śaṃset| yadeṣāmantaroyāt(1) tadyajamānasyāntararīyāt| yadi  
nābhānediṣṭhaṃ retosyāntaroyāt,yadi bālakhilyāḥ prāṇānasyāntarauyāt, yadi vṛṣākapimātmānamasyāntaroyāt, yadeva yā(2) marutaṃ,  
pratiṣṭhā vā eva yā marut, pratiṣṭhāyā evainanta'pnāvayet| daivyāśca  
manuṣyāśca tāni saha vā śaṃset, saha vā na śaṃset sa ha buḍila(3)  
āśvitarā sthurviśvajito hotā sadaukṣāñcakre (4), eteṣāṃ vā eṣāṃ  
śilpānāṃ viśvajiti sāṃvatsarike he hoturukthe mādhyandinamabhi  
pracyavete| hantāhamicchameva yā marutaṃ śasyānīti, taṅa tathā  
śasyayāñcakre| taḍa tathā śasyamāne gośru ājagāma| sa  
hovāca, hotaḥ kathā te(5) śastaṃ vicakraṃ plavata iti, kiṃ hyabhūyadityeva yā marudayamuttarataḥ śasyata iti| sa hovāca, indro vai  
mādhyandinaḥ, kathendraṃ mādhyandināntyanokamoti, nendraṃ mādhyandināntyanoṣāmiti(6)| sa hovāca, kunṭāsvidam mādhyandinaṃ,  
sātijāgataṃ vāti, jāgataṃ vā sa u māruto mevaṃ(1) saṃsṛṣṭeti  
sa hovāca, aramācchāvākenvayāsminnanuśāsanamauṣe | sa hovāca,  
indramiśra viṣṇvā̍nyaṅgāni(2) śaṃsati, atha tvaṃ hoturupariṣṭādraudriyā  
dhāyyā, yā purastānmārutasya sūktasyāpyastṛdhā iti(3) | tatheti  
tadapyetarhi tathaiva śasyate, yathā ṣaṣṭhe pṛṣṭyāhani(4)| kalpata eva(5)  
yajñaḥ, kalpate yajamānasya prajāpatiḥ, kathamatrāśasta eva nābhānediṣṭo bhavati ! atha bālakhilyāḥ śaṃsati, reto vā agretha prāṇā  
evaṃ brāhmaṇācchaṃsyaśasta eva nābhānediṣṭo bhavati | atha vṛṣākapiṃ śaṃsati, reto vā agrethātmā, kathamatra yajamānasya prajāpatiḥ,  
kathaṃ prāṇā avaruddhā bhavantīti | yajamānaṃ vā etena sarveṇa  
yajñakratunā saṃskurvanti, sa yathā garbho yonyāmantarevasambhavacchete,  
na ha vai sakṛdevā(6) agre sarvaṃ sambhavati, ekaikaṃ vāṅgaṃ sambhavati  
sarvāṇi cetsamānehani kriyeran, kalpayata eva yajñaḥ, kalpate  
yajamānasya prajāpatiḥ | atha haiva eva yā marutaṃ hotā  
śaṃset, tasyāsya pratiṣṭhā, tasyā evainamantataḥ pratiṣṭhāpayati  
pratiṣṭhāpayati

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## Linked texts (3)

- [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.2.6.9_16) — Sanskrit
- [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.aitreya.6.31) — Mahidāsa Aitareya, Sanskrit
- [Ṣaṣṭhapañcikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sasthapancika.p30) — Sanskrit

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