Atharvavedabrahmana 6.6-2

6.6-2

yatpurastāt vedeḥ prathamaṃ varhistṛṇāti tasmādimāḥ prajāḥ
śirastaḥ prathamaṃ lomaśā jāyante, yadaparamiva prastaramanustṛṇāti tasmādāsāmaparamiva śmaśrūṇyupakakṣāṇyānyāni lomāni jāyante, yat
prāgvarhiṣaḥ prastaramanupraharati tasmādimāḥ prajāḥ śirastaḥ prathamaṃ palitā bhavanti, yadantataḥ sarvamevānupraharati tasmādantataḥ
sarvā eva palitā bhavanti, yatprayājā apuro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti
tasmādimāḥ prajā adantikā jāyante, yahavīṃṣi puro'nuvākyāvanti
bhavanti tasmādāsāmaparamiva jāyante, yadanuyājā apuro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti tasmādāsāṃ saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāṇāṃ prabhidyante, yatpatnīsaṃyājāḥ puro'nuvākyāvanto bhavanti tasmādāsāṃ punareva jāyante,
yatsamiṣṭayajurapuro'nuvākyāvadbhavati tasmādantataḥ sarva eva prabhidyante, yadbhāyatrā'nūcya triṣṭubhā yajati tasmādadhare dantāḥ pūrve
jāyante para uttare, yadṛcā'nūcya yajuṣā yajati tasmādadhare dantāaṇīyāṃsaḥ prathīyaṃso varṣīyāṃsa uttare, yadāghāsau dīrghatarau prāñcāvāghārayati tasmādimau daṃṣṭrau dīrghatarau, yat saṃyājye
sañchandaso tasmāt same iva jambhe, yaccaturthe prayāje samānayati tasmādime śrotra antataḥ same dūva dīrghe, yajjapaṃ japitvā'bhihiṅkaroti
tasmāt pumāṃsaḥ śmaśruvanto'śmaśruva striyaḥ, yat sāmidhenīḥ satatavrāha tasmādāsāṃ santatamiva śarīraṃ bhavati, yat sāmidhenyaḥ kāṣṭhahaviṣo bhavanti tasmādāsāmasthīni dṛr̤hatarāṇīva bhavanti, yat
prayājā ājyahaviṣo bhavanti tasmādāsāṃ prathame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ
na sambhavati, yanmadhye haviṣāṃ dadhnā ca puroḍāśena ca pracaranti
tasmādāṃsāṃ madhyame vayasiḥ retaḥ siktaṃ sambhavati, yadanuyājā
ājyahaviṣo bhavanti tasmādāsāmuttame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ na
sambhavati, yaduttame'nuyāje sakṛdapāniti tasmādidaṃ śiśnamuccaga
eti, nocopadyate, yannāpānit sakṛcchūnaṃ syādyanmuhurapānit sakṛtyannaṃ syāttasmāt sakṛdapāniti net sakṛcchūnaṃ syāt sakṛtyannaṃ
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