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sandadhyātsuvarṇena rajataṃ, rajatena lohaṃ, lohena sīsaṃ, sīsena evevamevāsya yajñasya viriṣṭaṃ sandhīyate, yajñasya sandhitimanvayajamānaḥ sandhīyate, yajamānasya sandhitimanvṛtvijaḥ sandhīyanta, ṛtvijāṃ sandhitimanvadakṣiṇāḥ sandhīyante dakṣiṇānāṃ sandhitimanvayajamānaḥ putrapaśubhiḥ sandhīyate, putrapaśūnāṃ sandhitimanvayajamānaḥ svargeṇa lokena sandhīyate, svargasya lokasya sandhitimanva tasyāham̐sya yogakṣemaḥ sandhīyate, yasminbrahmau yajanta iti brāhmaṇam ### [2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.15) tadu ha smāhātharvā devo vijānanyajñaviriṣṭānanvājotyupaśamayeran (1)yajñe prāyaścittiḥ kriyate'pi ca yadu bahriva yajñe (2) vilomaḥ kriyate na caivāsya kācanārttirbhavati na ca yajñavikkambhamupayātyū pahanti punarmṛtyumapātyeti punarājāniṃ kāmacāro'sya sarveṣu lokeṣu bhavati ya evaṃ veda yasyaivaṃ vidvān brahmā bhavati yasya caivaṃ vidvān brahmā dakṣiṇataḥ sado'dhyāste yasya caivaṃ vidvān brahmā dakṣiṇata udaṅmukha āsīno yajña ājyāhutīrjuhotīti brāhmaṇam ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.16) brahma ha vai brahmāṇaṃ puṣkare sasṛje, sa khalu brahmā sṛṣṭacintāmāpede kenāhamekenākṣareṇa sarvāṃśca kāmān sarvāṃśca lokān sarvāṃśca devān sarvāṃśca vedān sarvāṃśca yajñān sarvāṃśca śabdān sarvāśca vyuṣṭīḥ sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni sthāvarajaṅgamānyanubhaveyamiti sa brahmacaryamacarat sa omitye tadakṣaramapaśyad (3) dvivarṇaṃ caturmācaṃ sarvavyāpi sarvavibhuyātāyāmabrahma brāhmīṃ vyāhṛtiṃ brahmadaivataṃ tayā sarvāṃca kāmān sarvāṃca lokān sarvāṃca devān sarvāṃca vedān sarvāṃca yajñān sarvāṃca śabdān sarvāṃca vyuṣṭī: sarvāṇi ca bhūtāni sthāvarajaṅgamānyanvabhavattasya prathamena varṇenāpasnehañcānvabhavattasya dvitīyena varṇena tejo jyotīṃṣyanvabhavat ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.17) tasya prathamayā svaramātrayā pṛthivīmagnimoṣadhivanaspatīn ṛgvedaṃ bhūriti vyāhṛtirgāyatraṃ (1) chandastrivṛtaṃ stomaṃ prācīṃ diśaṃ vasantamṛtuṃ vācamadhyātmaṃ jihvāṃ rasamitīndriyāṇyanvabhavat ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.18) tasya dvitoyayā svaramācayā'ntarikṣaṃ vāyuṃ yajurvedaṃ bhuva iti vyāhṛtistraiṣṭubhaṃ (2) chandaḥ pañcadaśaṃ stomaṃ pratīcīṃ diśaṃ grīṣmamṛtuṃ prāṇamadhyātmannāsike gandhaghrāṇamitīndriyāṇyanvabhavat ### [2.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.18-2) tasya tṛtīyayā svaramātrayā divamādityaṃ sāmavedaṃ svariti vyāhṛtirjāgataṃ chandaḥ saptadaśaṃ stomamudīcīṃ diśaṃ varṣāṛtuṃ jyotidhyātma' cakṣuṣī darśanamitīndriyāṇyanvabhavat ### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.20) tasya vakāramātrayā'paścandramasamatharvavedavṛdhanmaho3miti samāmnānaṃ jamadityaṅgirasāmānuṣṭubhaṃ chanda ekaviṃśaṃ stomaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ śaradamṛtuṃ mano'dhyātma' jñānaṃ jñeyamitīndriyāṇyanvabhavat ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.21) tasya makārastyaletihāsapurāṇaṃ bāko vākyagāthā nārāśaṃsīrūpaniṣado'nuśāsanānāmiti vṛdhat karaduhan mahatacchamo3miti vyāhṛtoḥ svaraśamyanānātmanoḥ (3) svaranṛtyagītavādinānyanvabhavaccaitrarathaṃ daivataṃ vaidyutaṃ jyotirbārhataṃ chandastṛṇavattrayastriṃśau stomau bhuvāmūrddhāṃ divaṃ hemantamiśirāhatū grīṣmamadhyāktaṃ śaśvatravaśamitīndriyāṇyabhavan ### [2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.22) saivaikākṣaraṛg brahmaṇastapaso'ye prādurvabhūva brahma vedasyātharvaṇaṃśukramaṃta eva mantrāḥ prādurbabhūvuḥ sa tu khalu mantrāṇāmatapasāśuśrūṣā'nadhyāyādhyayanena yadūnañca viriṣṭañca yātayāmañca karoti tadatharvaṇāṃ tejasā pratyāpyāyayen mantrāśca māmabhimukhībhaveyurgarbhā iva mātaramabhijrighāṃsuḥ purastādoṅkāraṃ prayuṅkta etayaiva tadṛcā pratyā pyāyayedevaiva yajñasya purastādyujyata eṣā paścāt sarvata etayā yajñastāyate tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | yā purastādyujyata (1) ṛco'kṣare parame vyomanniti tadetadakṣaraṃ brāhmaṇo yaṃ kāmamicchet trirātropoṣitaḥ prāṅmukho vāgyato bahiṣṇupaviśya sahasrakṛtva āvarttayet (2) sidhyantyasyārthāḥ sarvakarmāṇi ceti brāhmaṇam ### [2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.23) basorddhārāṇāmaindranagara (3) madasurāḥ paryavārayanta, te devā bhītā āsan ka imānasurānapaniṣyatīti, ta oṅkāraṃ brahmaṇaḥ putraṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ dṛdṛśuste tamabruvan bhavatā mukhenemāmasurān jayemeti | sa hovāca kiṃ me pratīvāho bhaviṣyatīti varaṃ vṛṇīṣeti vṛṇā iti sa varamavṛṇīta na māmanorayitvā brāhmaṇā brahma vadeyuryadi vadeyurabrahma tatyāditi tatheti te devā devayajanasyottarāīe'suraiḥ saṃyatā āsaṃstvānoṅkāreṇāgnīdhrīyāddevā asurān parābhāvayanta, tadyatparābhāvayanta tasmādoṅkāraḥ pūrvvaucyate(1)| yo ha vā etamoṅkāraṃ na vedāvaśaḥsyādityatha ya evaṃ veda brahma vaśaḥ syāditi tasmādoṅkāra ṛgyag bhavati yajuṣi yajuḥ sāmni sāma sūtre sūtraṃ brāhmaṇa brāhmaṇaṃ śloke ślokaḥ praṇave praṇava iti brāhmaṇam ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.24) oṅkāraṃ pṛcchāmaḥ ko dhātuḥ kiṃ prātipadikaṃ kiṃ nāmākhyāta̍ kiṃ liṅgaṃ kiṃ vacanaṃ kā vibhaktiḥ kaḥ pratyayaḥ kaḥ svara upasargo nipātaḥ kiṃ vai vyākaraṇaṃ ko vikāraḥ ko vikārī katimātraḥ kativarṇaḥ katyakṣaraḥ katipadaḥ kaḥ saṃyogaḥ kiṃ sthānānupradānakaraṇaṃ śikṣukāḥ kimuccārayanti kiṃ chandaḥ ko varṇa iti pūrvve praśnā, athottare mantraḥ kalpo brāhmaṇamṛgyajuḥ sāma kasmādbrahmavādina oṅkāramāditaḥ kurvvanti kiṃ daivataṃ kiṃ jyautiṣaṃ kiṃ niruktaṃ kiṃ sthānaṃ kā prakṛtiḥ kimadhyātmamiti ṣaṭtriṃśat praśnāḥ pūrvvottarāṇāṃ trayo vargā dvādaśakā etairaiauṅkāraṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ ### [2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.25) indraḥ prajāpatimapṛcchad bhagavannabhisṛtya pṛcchāmīti, pṛccha vatsetyabravīt, kimayamaṅkāraḥ kasya putraḥ kiñcaitacchandaḥ kiñcaitadvarṇaḥ kiñcaitad brahmā brahma sampadyate tasmād vai tadbrahmoṅkāraṃ pūrvvamālebhe svaritodātta ekākṣara oṅkāra ṛgvede, traisvaryyodātta ekākṣara oṅkāro yajurvede, dīrghaplutodātta ekākṣara oṅkāraḥ sāmavede, hrasvodātta ekākṣara oṅkāro'tharvavede udāttodāttadvipada a u ityarddhacatasro mātrā makāre vyañjanamityāhuryā sā prathamā mātrā brahmadevatyā raktā varṇana yastāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacched brāhmaṃ padaṃ, (1) yā sā dvitīyā mātrā viṣṇudevatyā kṛṣṇā varṇana yastāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacched vaiṣṇavaṃ padaṃ, yā sā tṛtīyā mātreśānadevatyā kapilā varṇana yastāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacchedaiśānaṃ padaṃ, yā sārddhacaturthī mātrā sarvadevatyā vyaktībhūtā khaṃ vicarati śuddhasphaṭikasannibhā varṇana yastāṃ dhyāyate nityaṃ sa gacchetpadamanāmakamoṅkārasya cotpattirvipro yo na jānāti tatpunarupayanaṃ tasmād brāhmaṇavacanamādattavyaṃ yathā lātavyo gotro brahmaṇaḥ putro gāyatraṃ chandaḥ śuklo varṇaḥ puṃso vatso rudro devatā oṅkāro vedānām ### [2.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.16-2) sadṛśaṃ triṣu liṅgeṣu sarvāsu ca vibhaktiṣu | vacaneṣu ca sarveṣu yanna vyeti tadavyayaṃ || ko vikāro avate prasāraṇamāpnotirāva T \[pakārau vikāryāvādita oṅkāro vikriyate dvitīyo makāra evaṃ dvivarṇa ekākṣara omityoṅkāro nirhataḥ ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.27) sargānudāttasvaritaliṅgavibhaktivacanāni ca saṃkhyānādhyāyina (1) ācāryyāḥ pūrvve babhūvuḥ śravaṇādeva pratipadyante nakāraṇaṃ pṛcchantyathāparapakṣīyoṇāṃ kaviḥ pañcālacaṇḍaḥ (2) paripṛcchako babhūvāṃ vu pṛthaggṛhṇīthadoṣān bhavanto bruvantviti tadvāpyupalakṣayehavarṇākṣarapadāṅgaśo vibhaktyāmṛṣiniṣevitāmiti vācaṃ stuvanti tasmāt kāraṇaṃ brūmo varṇānāmayamidaṃ bhaviṣyatīti ṣaḍaṅgavidastattathā'dhīmahe kiñchanda iti gāyatraṃ hi chando gāyatrī vai devānāmyekākṣarā śvetavarṇā ca vyākhyātā hau dvādaśakau vargavitad vai vyākaraṇaṃ (3) dhātvarthavacanaṃ śaikṣyaṃ (4) chandovacanaṃ cāthottarī hau dvādaśakau vargau vedarahasikau vyākhyātā mantraḥ kalpo brāhmaṇamṛgyajuḥsāmātharvaṇyeṣā vyāhṛtiścaturṇāṃ vedānāmānupūrveṇaumbhūrbhuvasvariti vyāhatayaḥ ### [2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.28) bhagavantamevopadhāvāma(1) sarveṣāmeva śarma bhavāneti(2) te tathetyuktā tūṣṇīmatiṣṭhannānupasavebhya ityuposīdāmoti noccairbabhūvuḥ sa ebhya upanīya provāca māmikāmeva vyāhṛtimāditaḥ āditaḥ kṛṇudhvamityevaṃ māmakā ādhīyante nartta bhṛgvaṅgirovidaḥ somaḥ pātavya ṛtvijaḥ parābhavanti yajamāno rajasāpadhvasyati śrutiścāpadhvastā tiṣṭhatītyevamevottarārūrādyogāttokaṃ tokamapādhvamityevaṃ pratāpona parābhaviṣyatīti tathāha tathāha bhagavanniti pratipedira āpyāyayaṃste tathā votaśokabhayā babhūvuḥ | tasmād brahmana 'dina oṅkāramāditaḥ kurvanti ### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.26) kindevata mityṛcāmagnirdevatamtadeva jyotirgāyatraṃ chandaḥ pṛthivī sthānaṃ | agnimīle (3) purohitaṃ yajñasya̍ devamṛtvijaṃ | hotāraṃ ratna dhātumamityevamādiṃ kṛtvā ṛgveda‌madhīyate yajuṣāṃ vāyurdevataṃ tadeva jyotiḥ traiṣṭubhaṃ chando'ntarikṣaṃ sthānaṃ | iṣe (4) tvorje tvā vāyava stha devo vaḥ savitā prārpayatu śreṣṭhatamāya karmaṇa ityevamādiṃ kṛtvā yajurveda‌madhīyate sāmnāmādityo daivataṃ tadeva jyotirjāgataṃ chando dyau sthānaṃ | agna āyāhi vītaye gṛṇāno havyadātaye | nihotā satsi barhiṣītyevamādiṃ kṛtvā sāmaveda‌madhīyate atharvaṇāṃ candramā daivataṃ tadeva jyotiḥ sarvāṇi chandāṃsyāpaḥ snānaṃ | śanno̍ de̱ve̱rabhi̍ṣṭa̍ya ityevamādiṃ kṛtvā atharvavedamadhīyate | aṅgyaḥ sthāvarajaṅgamo bhūtagrāmaḥ sambhavati, tasmāt sarvvamāpomayaṃ bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ bhṛgvaṅgiromayaṃ | antaraite trayo vedā bhṛgūnaṅgirasaḥ śritā ityaditi prakṛtirapāmoṅkāreṇa caitasmād vyāsaḥ purovāca bhṛgvaṅgirovidā saṃskṛ̱to'nyān vedānadhīyīta nānyatra saṃskṛ̱to (1) bhṛgvaṅgiraso'dhīyīta atha sāmavede khilaśrutiḥ(2) brahmacaryeṇa caitasmādatharvāṅgiraso ha yo vedaḥ sa veda sarvamiti brāhmaṇaṃ ### [2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.30) adhyātmamātmabhaiṣajyamātmakaivalyamoṅkāra ātmānaṃ niruhya saṅgamamātrīṃ bhūtārthacintāṃ(3) cintayedatikramya vedebhyaḥ sarvaparamādhyātmaphalaṃ prāpnotītyarthaḥ savitarkaṃ jñānamayamityetaiḥ praśnaiḥ prativacanaiśca yathārthaṃ padamanuvicintya prakaraṇajño hi prabalo viṣayo syāt sarvasminvāko vākya iti brāhmaṇam ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.31) etaddha smaitadvidvāṃsamekādaśākṣamaudgalyaṃ glāvo maitreyo'bhyājagāma sa tasmin brahmacaryaṃ vasato vijñāyovāca kiṃ svinmaryā ayaṃ taṃ maudgalyo'dhyeti yadasmin brahmacaryaṃ vasatīti taddhi maudgalyasyāntevāsī śuśrāva saḥ ācāryyāyāvrajyācacakṣe duradhīyānaṃ vā ayaṃ bhavantamavocadye|'yamadyātithi rbhavati kiṃ saumya vidvāniti trīn vedān brūte bho3iti tasya saumya yo visraṣṭo vijigoṣo'ntevāsī tasmai hvayeti, tamājuhāva tamabhyuvācāsāviti bho3iti kiṃ somya ta ācāryyo'dhyetīti, trīn vedān brūte bho3iti, yannu khalu somyāsmābhiḥ sarvve vedā mukhato gṛhītāḥ kathamsa evamācāryyo bhāṣate kathaṃ nu śiṣṭāḥ śiṣṭebhya evaṃ(1) bhāṣeran yaṃ hyenamahaṃ praśnaṃ pracchāmi na taṃ vivakṣyati na hyenamadhītīti| sa ha maudgalyaḥ svamantevāsinamuvāca, parehi saumya glāvaṃ maitreyamupasīdādhohi bhoḥ sāvitrīṃ gāyatrīñcaturviṃśatiyoniṃ dvādaśamithunāṃ yasyā bhṛgvaṅgirasaścaturthasyāṃ sarvvamidaṃ śritaṃ, tāṃ bhavān prabravītviti sa cetsaumya duradhīyāno bhaviṣyātyācāryyovāca brahmacārī brahmacāriṇe sāvitrīṃ prāhveti vakṣyati tattvaṃ brūyāt duradhīyānantaṃ vai bhavān maudgalyamavocat sa tvā yaṃ praśnamaprācīnna taṃ vyavocaḥ purā saṃvatsarādārttimārtsyasīti(2) ### [2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.32) sa tatrājagāma yatretaro babhūva, taṃ ha papraccha sa ha na pratipede, taṃ hovāca duradhīyānaṃ taṃ vai bhavān maudgalyamavocat sa tvā yaṃ praśnamaprācīnna taṃ vyavocaḥ purā saṃvatsarādārttimārtsyasīti(3)| sa ha maitreyaḥ(4) svānantevāsina uvāca yathārthaṃ bhavanto yatrāgūhaṃ yathāmano viprasṛjyantāṃ duradhīyānaṃ vā ahaṃ maudgalyamavocaṃ sa mā yaṃ praśnamaprākṣīnna taṃ vyavocaṃ tamupeṣyāmi(5) śāntiṃ kariṣyāmīti| saha maitreyaḥ prātaḥ samitpāṇimaudgalyamupasasādāsāvāgrahaṃ(1) bho maitreyaḥ kimarthamiti duradhīyānaṃ vā ahaṃ bhavantamavocaṃ tvaṃ mā yamannamaprākṣīrna taṃ vyavocaṃ tvāmupeṣyāmi śāntiṃ kariṣyāmīti,sa hovācātra vā upetañca sarvvañca kṛtaṃ pāpakena tvā yānena carantamāṅgaratho'yaṃ mama kalyāṇastaṃte dadāmi (2) tena yāhīti | sa hovācaitadevācātviṣyānnṛśaṃsyañca yathā bhavānāhopāyāmityeva bhavantamiti taṃ hopeśyāya taṃ hopetya papraccha kiṃsvidāhurbhoḥ saviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya kavayaḥ kimādurdhiyo vicakṣva (3) yadi tāḥ pravettha pracodayātsavitā yābhiretoti tasmā etat provāca vedāñchandāṃsi saviturvareṇyaṃ bhargo devasya kavayo'nnamāhuḥ | karmāṇi dhiyastadu te bravīmi (4) pracodayātsavitāyābhiretoti tamupasaṅgūhya papracchādhohi bhoḥ kaḥ savitā kā sāvitrī ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.33) mana eva savitā, vāk sāvitrī, yatra hyeva manastad vāk, yatra vai vāk tanmana, ityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunam, agnirakha savitā, pṛthivo sāvitrī, yatra hyevāgnistat pṛthivī yatra vai pṛthivo tadagnirityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, vāyureva savitā'ntarikṣaṃ sāvitrī yatra hyeva vāyustadantarikṣaṃ, yatra vā antarikṣaṃ tadvāyurityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunam, āditya eva savitā dyauḥ sāvitrī yatra hyevādityastaddyauryatra vai dyaustadāditya ityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, candramā eva savitā, nakṣatrāṇi sāvitrī, yatra hyeva candramāstannakṣatrāṇi yatra vai nakṣatrāṇitaccandramā, ityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunam, ahureva savitā, rātriḥ sāvitrī, yatra hyevāhastadrātrairyatra vai rātristadaharityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunam, uṣṇameva savitā, śītaṃ sāvitrī, yatna hye voṣṇaṃ, tacchītaṃ, yatra vai śītaṃ taduṣṇamityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunam, abhrameva savitā,varṣaṃ sāvitrī,yatna hyevābhrantadvarṣaṃ yatra vai varṣaṃ tadabbhramityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, vidyudeva savitā stanayitnuḥ sāvitrī yatra hye va vidyut tat stanayitnuḥ yatra vai stanayitnustadvidyudityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, prāṇa eva vitā annaṃ sāvitrī, yatra hyeva prāṇastadannaṃ yatra vā annaṃ tat prāṇa ityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, vedā eva savitā chandāṃsi sāvitrī, yatra hyeva vedāstacchandāṃsi yatra vai cchandāṃsi tad vedā ityete dve yonī ekaṃ mithunaṃ, yajña eva savitā, dakṣiṇā sāvitrī, yatra hyeva yajñastat dakṣiṇā yatra vai dakṣiṇāstadyajña ityete dve yona iekaṃmithunam, etaddha smaitadvidvāṃsamopākārimāsastūrvvaṃ brahmacārī te saṃsthita ityathaita āsastūrācita iva cito babhūvāthosthāya prāvrājīdityetadvāhaṃ veda naitāsu yoniṣvita etebhyo vā mithunebhyaḥ sambhūtò brahmacārī mama purāyuṣaḥ preyāditi ### [2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.34) brahma hedaṃ śriyaṃ pratiṣṭhāmāyatanamamaikṣata tattapasva(1) yadi tad vrate dhriyeta tatsatye pratyatiṣṭhat sa savitā sāvitryā brāhmaṇaṃ sṛṣṭvā tatsāvitrīṃ paryadadhāt(2) tat saviturvareṇyamiti sāvitryāḥ prathamaḥ pādaḥ, pṛthivyṛcaṃ samadadhādacā'gnimagninā śriyaṃ, śriyā striyaṃ, striyā mithunaṃ, mithunena prajāṃ; prajayā karma, karmaṇā tapastapasā satyaṃ, satyena brahma, brahmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ, brāhmaṇena vrataṃ vratena vai brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitobhavatyaśūnyo bhavatyavicchinno bhavatyavicchinno'sya tanturavicchinnaṃ jovanaṃ bhavanaṃ bhavati(1) ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānevametaṃ sāvitrāḥ prathamaṃ pādaṃ vyācaṣṭe ### [2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.35) bhargo devasya dhīmahīti sāvitrayā dvitīyaḥ pādo'ntarikṣeṇa yajuḥ samadadhāt(2) yajuṣā vāyuṃ, vāyunā'bbhramabbhreṇa varṣaṃ, varṣeṇauṣadhivanaspatī nauṣadhi vanaspatibhiḥ paśūn paśubhiḥ karmma karmmaṇā tapastapasā satyaṃ, satyena brahma, brahmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ, brāhmaṇena vrataṃ vratena vai brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśito bhavatyaśūnyo bhavatyavicchinno bhavatyavicchinno'sya tanturavicchinnaṃ jīvanaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānevametaṃ sāvitrayā dvitīyaṃ pādaṃ vyācaṣṭe ### [2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.36) dhiyo yo naḥ pracodayāditi sāvitrāstṛtīyaḥ pādo divā sāma samadadhā(3) tsāmnā''dityamādityena raśmīn raśmibhirvarṣaṃ, varṣeṇoṣadhivanaspatī nauṣadhivanaspatibhiḥ paśūn paśubhiḥ karma karmaṇā tapastapasā satyaṃ satyena brahma, brahmaṇā brāhmaṇaṃ brāhmaṇena vrataṃ vratena vai brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśito bhavatyaśūnyo bhavatyavicchinno bhavatyavicchinno'sya tanturavicchinnaṃ jīvanaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānevametaṃ sāvitrāstṛtīyaṃ pādaṃ vyācaṣṭe ### [2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.37) tena ha vā evaṃ viduṣā brāhmaṇena brahmābhipannaṃ grasitaṃ parāmṛṣṭaṃ brahmaṇā''kāśamabhipannaṃ grasitaṃ parāmṛṣṭamākāśena vāyurabhipanno grasitaḥ parāmṛṣṭo, vāyunā jyotirabhipannaṃ grasitaṃ parāmṛṣṭaṃ, jyotiṣā'po'bhipannā grasitāḥ parāmṛṣṭā adbhirbhūmiborderbhipannā grasitā parāmṛṣṭā, bhūmyā'nnamabhipannaṃ grasitaṃ parāmṛṣṭamannena prāṇo'bhipanno grasitaḥ parāmṛṣṭaḥ prāṇena mano'bhipannaṃ grasitaṃ parāmṛṣṭaṃ, manasā vāgabhipannā grasitā parāmṛṣṭā, vācā vedā abhipannā grasitāḥ parāmṛṣṭā, vedairyajño'bhipanno grasitaḥ parāmṛṣṭastāni ha vā etāni dvādaśamahābhūtānyevaṃ vidhipratiṣṭhitāni(1) teṣāṃ yajña eva parārddhaḥ ### [2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.38) taṃ ha smaitamevaṃ vidvāṃso manyante vighnenamiti yāthātathyamavidvāṃso'yaṃ yajño vedeṣu pratiṣṭhito, vedā vāci pratiṣṭhitā, vāṅ manasi pratiṣṭhitā, manaḥ prāṇe pratiṣṭhitaṃ, prāṇo'nne pratiṣṭhito, 'nnaṃ bhūmau pratiṣṭhitaṃ, bhūmirapsu pratiṣṭhitā, āpo jyotiṣi pratiṣṭhitā, jyotirvāyau pratiṣṭhitaṃ, vāyurākāśe pratiṣṭhita, ākāśaṃ brahmaṇi pratiṣṭhitaṃ, brahma brāhmaṇe brahmavidi pratiṣṭhitaṃ, yo ha vā evaṃ vit sa brahmavit, puṣyāṃ ca kīrttiṃ labhate surabhīṃśca gandhān so'pahatapāpmānantyaśriyamaśnute,2) ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānevametāṃ vedānāṃ mātaraṃ sāvitrīsampadamupaniṣadamupāsta iti brāhmaṇam ### [2.38-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.38-2) āpo garbhaṃ janayantīrityapāṅgarbhaḥ puruṣaḥ sa yajño'ṅgiryajñaḥ praṇīyamānaḥ prāṅṇāyate, tasmādācamanīyaṃ pūrvamāhārayati sa yadācāmati trirācāmati dviḥ parimṛjmatyāyurevaruddhā pāpmānaṃ nirṇudatyupasādya yajuṣodghṛtya mantrān prayujyāvasāya prācīḥ śākhāḥ sandhāyo niraṅguṣṭhe pāṇavamṛtamasyamṛtopastaraṇamasyamṛtāya tvopastṛṇāmoti pāṇāvukamānoya jovāstheti sūktena trirācāmati | sa yatpūrvvamācāmati sapta prāṇāṃstānetenāsminnāpyāyayati yā hyemā bāhyāḥ śarīrāmātrāstadyathaitadagniṃ vāyumādityaṃ candramasamapaḥ paśūnanyāṃ śca prajāstānetenāsminnāpyāyayatyāpo'mṛtaṃ | sa yad dvitīyamācāmati saptāpānāṃstānetenāsminnāpyāyayati yā hyemā bāhyāḥ śarīrān mātrā(1)stadyathaitatpaurṇamāsīmaṣṭakāmamāvāsyāṃ śraddhāṃ dīkṣāṃ yajñaṃ dakṣiṇāstānetenāsminnāpyāyayatyāpo'mṛtaṃ | sa yattṛtīyamācāmati sapta vyānāṃstānetenāsminnāpyāyayati yā hyemā bāhyāḥ śarīrāmātrā(2) stadyathaitat pṛthivīmantarikṣaṃ divannakṣatrāṇyūtūnāttaṃvān saṃvatsarāṃstānetenāsminnāpyāyayatyāpo'mṛtaṃ puruṣo brahmāthāpriyanigamo bhavati tasmādvai vidvān puruṣamidaṃ puṇḍarīkamiti prāṇa eṣa sa puri śe te saṃpuriśaṃta dūti | puriśayaṃ santaṃ prāṇa puruṇa ityācakṣate parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā dūva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ | sa yatpūrvvamācāmati purastāḍomāṃstenāsminnavarundhe sayad dvitīyamācāmatyājyabhāgau tenāsminnavarundhe, sa yattṛtīyamācāmati saṃsthitahomāṃstenā sminnavarundhe,sa yahviḥpariśumbhati tatsamiāṃsaṃvarhiḥ, sa yatsarvāṇi khāni sarvaṃ dehamāpyāyayati yañcānyadātāraṃ mandrakāryaṃ yajñe skandati sarvantenāsminnavarundhe, sa yadaupūrvān mantrān prayuṅkta āsarvamedhādete kratava eta evāsya sarveṣu lokeṣu sarveṣu deveṣu sarveṣu vedeṣu sarveṣu bhūteṣu sarveṣu saleṣu kāmacāraḥ kāmavimocanaṃ bhavatyaheca na pramīyate(1) ya evaṃ veda tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | āpo bhṛgvaṅgirorūpamāpo bhṛgvaṅgiromayaṃ sarvamāpomayaṃ bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ bhṛgvaṅgiromayaṃ | antaraite trayo vedā bhṛgūnaṅgiraso'nugāḥ apāṃ puṣpaṃ mūrttirākāmaṃ pavitramuttama-mityācamyābhyucyā-tmānamanumantrayata indra jīveti brāhmaṇaṃ ### [2.38-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.38-2.p1) iti atharvvavede gopathabrāhmaṇapūrvvabhāge prathamaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ || 1 ## Linked texts (2) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.1.14) — Sanskrit - [Praṇavopaniṣat](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.upanisad.noncanon.pranava-2.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2) · Pramāṇa