[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) › 6 # Atharvavedabrahmana 6: atha tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ Atharvavedabrāhmaṇa 6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.23) — 1 part ### atha tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ ### [6.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.1) oṃ dakṣiṇāpravaṇā bhūmirddakṣiṇata āpo vahanti tasmādyajñāstaṅgerunnatataramiva bhavati yatra bhṛgvaṅgiraso viṣṭhāstadyathā (1) āpaimāṃllokānabhivahantyevameva bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ sarvvān devānabhivahantyevamevaiṣā vyāhṛtiḥ sarvvān vedānabhivahantyo3 miti ṛcāmo 1 miti yajuṣāmo 1 miti sāmnāmo 1 miti sarvvasyāhābhivādastaṃ ha smaitaduttaraṃ yajñe vidvāṃsaḥ kurvvanti devā brahmāṇa āgacchata āgacchatetyete vai devā brahmāṇo yadbhṛgvaṅgirasastānevaitad gṛṇānāṃstān vṛṇānāṃ hvayanto (2) manyante nānyī bhṛgvaṅgirovid hato yajñamāgacchan yajñasya (3) tejasā teja āpnotyūrjyorjāṃ yaśasā yaśo nānyī bhṛgvaṅgirovidvato yajñamāgacchennedyajñaṃ parimuṣṇīyāditi, tadyathāpūrvvaṃ vatso'dhotya gāṃ dhayedevaṃ brahmā bhṛgvaṅgirovidvato yajñamāgacchennedyajñaṃ parimuṣṇīyāditi, tadyathā gaurvvā'śvo vā'nyataro vaikapāt dvipāt tripāditi syāt, kimabhivahet kimabhyaśnuyāditi, tasmādṛgvidameva hotāraṃ vṛṇīṣva, yajurvidamadhvaryyuṃ, sāmavidamula़gātāramatharvvāṅgirovidaṃ brahmāṇaṃ, tathā hāsya yajñaścaturṣu lokeṣu caturṣu deveṣu caturṣu vedeṣu catasṛṣu hotrāsu catuṣpādyajñaḥ pratiṣṭhati, pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhirya evaṃ veda yaścaivamṛtvijāmātvijyaṃ veda yaśca yajñe yajanīyaṃ vedeti brāhmaṇam ### [6.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.2) prajāpatiryajñamatanuta, sa ṛcaiva hotramakarot, yajuṣādhvaryyavaṃ, sāmnodgātramatharvāṅgirobhirbrahmatvaṃ, taṃ vā etaṃ mahāvākyaṃ kurute, yadṭacaiva hotramakarodyajuṣādhvaryyavaṃ sāmnodgātramatharvāṅgirobhirbrahmatvaṃ, sa vā eṣa tribhirvedairyajñasyānyataraḥ pakṣaḥ saṃskriyate manasaiva brahmā yajñasyānyataraṃ pakṣaṃ saṃskarāelyayama vai yaḥ pavate sa yajñastasya manaśca vāk ca varttanirmanasā caiva hi vācā ca yajñe vahatyata eva mana iyameva vāk sayahadantrāsti vidyādūrddhaṃ me'sya yajñasyāntaragāditi, tadyathaikapāt puruṣo yatre kacakro vā ratho varttamāno bhreṣaṃ nyetyevamevāsya yajño bhreṣaṃ nyeti, yajñasya bhreṣamanuyajamāno bhreṣaṃ nyeti, yajamānasya bhreṣamanvṛtvijo bhreṣaṃ niyanti, ṛtvijāṃ bhreṣamanudakṣiṇā bhreṣaṃ niyanti, dakṣiṇānāṃ bhreṣamanuyajamānaḥ putrapaśubhirbheṣaṃ nyeti, putrapaśūnāṃ bhreṣamanuyajamānaḥ svargeṇa lokena bhreṣaṃ nyeti, svargasya lokasya bhreṣamanu tasyārddhasya yogakṣemo bhreṣaṃ nyeti, yasminrddhe yajanta iti brāhmaṇam ### [6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.3) tadu ha smāha śvetaketurāruṇeyo brahmāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāṣamāṇamarddhaṃ me'sya yajñasyāntaragāditi, tasmādbrahmā stute vahiḥpavamāne vācaṃyamyamupāṃkhantaryyāmābhyāmaya ye pavamāna uddṛcusteṣvatha yāni ca stotrāṇi ca śastrāṇyāvaṣaṭkārātteṣu sa yahakto bhreṣavriyaccheddārha bhūrjanaditi gārhapatye juhuyāt, yadi yajuṣṭa oṃ bhuvo janaditi dakṣiṇāgnau juhuyāt, yadi sāmata oṃ kharjanadityāhavanīye juhuyāt, yadyanājñātā brahmatā oṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ kharjanadomityāhavanīyaeva juhuyāt, tadvākovākyasyarcī yajuṣāṃ sāmnāmatharvāṅgirasāmathāpe vidānāṃ rasena yajñasya viriṣṭaṃ saṃdhīyate, tadyathā lavaṇenetyuktaṃ, tadyathā ubhayapātpuruṣo yannubhayacakro vā ratho varttamāno'bhraiṣaṃ nyetyevamevāsya yajño'bhraiṣaṃ nyeti, yajñasyābhreṣamanuyajamāno'bhraiṣaṃ nyeti, yajamānasyābhraiṣamanvṛtvijo'bhraiṣaṃ nyanti, ṛtvijāmabhraiṣamanudakṣiṇā abhraiṣaṃ nyanti, dakṣiṇānāmabhraiṣamanuyajamānaḥ putrapaśubhirabhraiṣaṃ nyeti, putrapaśūnāmabhreṣamanuyajamānaḥ svargeṇa lokenābhraiṣaṃ nyeti, svargasya lokasyābhraiṣamanu tasyārddhasya yogakṣemo'bhraiṣaṃ nyeti, yasminbrahma yajanta iti brāhmaṇam ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.4) tadyadaudumbaryyān āsiṣṭa, hiṅkṛṇot me prāstāvīnma udarkai āsīt me subrahmaṇyāmāhvāsodityudgātre dakṣiṇā nīyante, grahān me'grahīt prācārīnme'śuśruvan me samanaskamakārṣīdyākṣīnme'śāṃsīnme'vaṣaṭkārṣīnma ityadhvaryyave hotṛṣadan āsiṣṭa, ayākṣīnme'śāṃsī nme'vaṣaṭkārṣīnma iti hotre devayajanaṃ me'coklapad brahmā sādaṃ me'sīsṛpad brahmajapānme'japīt purastāddhomasaṃsthitahomānme'hauṣīdayākṣonme'śāṃsīnme'vaṣaṭkārṣīn ma iti(1) brahmaṇa bhūyiṣṭhena mā brahmaṇākārṣīdityetadvai bhūyiṣṭhaṃ brahma yadbhavaṅgirasaḥ, ye'ṅgiraso ye'ṅgirasaḥ sa rasaḥ, ye'tharvāṇaḥ ye'tharvāṇastadbheṣajaṃ, yadbheṣajaṃ tadamṛtaṃ, yadamṛtaṃ tad brahma, sa vā eṣa pūrveṣāmṛtvijāmarddhabhāgasyārddhamitareṣāmarddhaṃ brahmaṇa iti brāhmaṇam ### [6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.5) devāsra ha vā asurāśca saṅgrāmaṃ samayatanta, tannaitāstisro hotrakā jihvāṃ pratipedire, tāsāmindra uccāni sāmāni lulopa, tāni hetre prāyacchadājyaṃ ha vai hoturbabhūva, praugaṃ poturvaiśvadevaṃ ha vai hoturbabhūva, niṣkevalyaṃ neṣṭurmarutvatīyaṃ ha vai hoturbabhūva, āgnimārutamāgnīdhrasya, tasmādetadabhyastataramiva śasyate, yadāgnimārutaṃ yasmādete saṃśaṃsukā iva bhavanti(1) yadbhātā potā neṣṭāgnīdhro sumohe vasota tad bṛddheyasāmivāsa tāsāmarddhaṃ pratilulopa prathamārddhañca prathamapadañcaitadvicchiṇāñcaitatpariśiṣediti brāhmaṇam ### [6.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.6) uddālako ha vā āruṇisdocyān vṛto dhāvayāñcakāra, tasya ha niṣka upāhito babhūva, upavādād bibhyato yo mā brāhmaṇo'nūcānautravadiṣyati tasmā etaṃ pradāsyāmīti, taddhodocyān brāhmaṇān bhayaṃ bibheda uddālako ha vā ayamāyāti, kurupāñcālo brahmā brahmaputraḥ sa jaṅghaṃ hato na paryāddadhota kenemaṃ vāreṇa prati saṃyatāmahā dūti, taṃyata eva prapannaṃ dadhe tata evamanupratipedire, taṃ ha svaidāyanaṃ śaunakamūcuḥ, khaidāyana tvaṃ vai no brahmiṣṭho'sīti tvayemaṃ vāreṇa pramisayatāmahā iti, taṃ yata eva prapannaṃ dadhe tata evamanupatipedire, taṃ ha svaidāyanā ityāmantrayāmāsa, sa ho gotamasya putretītihāsmā asṛśat, pratiśrutaṃ pratiśuśrāva, sa vai gotamasya putra jaṅghaṃ hato'dhāvot ### [6.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.7) yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādimāḥ prajāḥ śirastaḥ prathamaṃ lomaśā jāyante, vasmāda samaparamiva śmaśrūṇyupakakṣāṇvanyāni lomāni jāyante, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādimāḥ prajāḥ śirastaḥ prathamaṃ palitābhavanti, kasmādantaḥ sarvā eva palitā bhavanti, yastaddarśapūrṇamāmayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādimāḥ prajā adantikā jāyante, kasmādāsāmaparamiva jāyante, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādāsāṃ saptavarṣāṣṭavarṣāṇāṃ prabhidyante, kasmādāsāṃ punareva jāyante, kasmāddantaḥ sarva eva prabhidyante, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādadhare dantāḥ pūrve jāyante, para uttare, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayo rūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādadhare dantāḥ aṇīyāṃso hrasīyāṃsaḥ pratheyāṃso varṣīyāṃsa uttare, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādimau daṃṣṭro dīrghatarau, kasmātsame iva jambhe, (1) yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādime śrotre 'ntaḥ same iva dīrghe, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmāt pumāṃsaḥ śmaśruvanto'śmaśruvaḥ striyaḥ, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādāsāṃ santatamiva śarīraṃ bhavati, kasmādāsāmasthīni dṛr̤hatarāṇīva bhavanti, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāta kasmādāsāṃ prathame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ na sambhavati, kasmādāsāṃ madhyame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ sambhavati, kasmādāsāmuttame vayasi retaḥ siktaṃ na sambhavati, yastaddarśapūrṇamāsayorūpaṃ vidyāt kasmādidaṃ śiśnamuccaśa eti nocīpadyate kasmānna hradapānam ### [6.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.8) atha yaḥ purastādaṣṭāvājyabhāgān vidyāt madhyataḥ pañca havirbhāgāḥ, ṣaṭ prājāpatyāḥ upariṣṭādaṣṭāvājyabhāgān vidyāt atha yo gāyatrīṃ hariṇīṃ jyotiṣmatāṃ sarvairṛttairyajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokamabhivahantīṃ vidyāt atha yaḥ paṅktiṃ pañcapadāṃ saptadaśākṣarāṃ sarvairṛttairyajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokamabhivahantīṃ vidyāt asmai ha niṣka̍ prayannuvācānūcāno ha vai svaidāyanā sa suvarṇaṃ vai suvarṇavide dadāmīti tadupayamya niṣkrāma, tatrāpavrāja yacetaro babhūva, taṃ ha papraccha kimeṣa gotamasya putra ityeṣa brahmā brahmaputra iti hovāca, yadenaṃ kaścidupavadetota momāṃseta ha vā mūrddhā vā asya vipatet, prāṇā vainaṃ jahyuriti, te mitha eva cikrandairyuvi prāpavrāja yacetaro babhūvuste prātaḥ samitpāṇayaupodeyurupāyāmo bhavantamiti, kimarthamiti yāneva no bhavāṃstāṃ hya praśnānapṛcchadyāneva no bhavān vyācakṣīyeti, tatheti tebhya etān praśnān vyācacaṣṭe ### [6.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.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 veti ### [6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.10) atha ye purastāddaśavājyabhāgāḥ pañca prayājā dvāvādhārau dvāvājyabhāgāvāgneyā ājyabhāgānāṃ prathamaḥ saumyo dvitīyo havirbhāgānāṃ haviddhaiva saumyamāgneyaḥ puroḍāśo'gniṣomīya upāṃśuyājo'gnīṣomīyaḥ puroḍāśo'gniḥ sviṣṭakṛdityete madhyataḥ pañca havirbhāgāḥ atha ye ṣaṭ prājāpatyā iḍā ca prāśitrañca yaccāgnīdhrāyāvadyati, brahmabhāgo yajamānabhāgo'nvāhāryya eva ṣaṣṭho'tha ya upariṣṭāddaśavājyabhāgāstrayo'nuyājāścatvāraḥ patnīsaṃyājāḥ samiṣṭayajuraṣṭamamatha yā gāyatrī hariṇī jyotiṣmattā sarvairyejñairyajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokamabhivahati, vedireva sā, tasya ye purastādaṣṭāvājyabhāgāḥ sa dakṣiṇaḥ paco'tha ye upariṣṭādaṣṭāvājyabhāgāḥ sa uttaraḥ pacaḥ, havaṣiātmā, gārhapatyo jaghanamāhavanīyaḥ śiraḥ, sovarṇarājatau pacau, tadyadādityaṃ purastāt paryyantaṃ na paśyanti tasmādjyotiṣka uttaro bhavati | atha yā paṅktiḥ pañcapadā saptadaśākṣarā sarvairyajñairyajamānaṃ svargaṃ lokamabhivahati yājyeva sā, tasyā o śrāvayeti caturakṣaram, astu śrauṣaditi caturakṣaraṃ, yajeti dyakṣaraṃ, yeyajāmaha dūti pañcākṣaraṃ, dyakṣaro vai vaṣaṭkāraḥ, saiṣā paṅktiḥ pañcapadā saptadaśākṣarā sarvairyajñairyajamānaṃ sargaṃ lokamabhivahati, tadyatrāsyaiśvaryyaṃ syādyanna vainamabhivaheyurevaṃvidmeva tatra brahmāṇaṃ vṛṇīyānnānevaṃvidamiti brāhmaṇam ### [6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.11) atha ha prācīnayogya (1) ājagāmāgnihotraṃ bhavantaṃ pṛcchehotama dūti, pṛccha prācīnayogyeti | kindevatyaṃ te gavioḍāyāṃ, kindevatyamupahūtāyāṃ, kindevatyamupaspṛṣṭāyāṃ, kindevatyaṃ' vatsamannīyamānaṃ, kindevatyaṃ vatsamavrītaṃ, kindevatyaṃ duhyamānaṃ, kindevatyaṃ dugdhaṃ, kindevatyaṃ prakramyamāṇaṃ, kindevatyaṃ hriyamāṇaṃ, kindevatyamadhiśrīyamāṇaṃ, kindevatyamadhiśritaṃ, kindevatya mathavajvāryyamānaṃ, kindevatyamabhyavajvalitaṃ, kindevatyaṃ samudvāntaṃ, kindevatyaṃ viṣyannaṃ, kindevatyamadbhiḥ pratyānītaṃ, kindevatyamudvāsyamānaṃ, kindevatyamudvāsitaṃ, kindevatyamunnīyamānaṃ, kindevatyamuntrītaṃ, kindevatyaṃ prakramyamāṇaṃ, kindevatyaṃ hriyamāṇaṃ, kindevatyamupasādyamānaṃ, kindevatyamupasāditaṃ, kindevatyā samit, kindevatyāṃ prathamāmāhutimahauṣoḥ, kindevatyaṃ gārhapatyamavekṣiṣṭhāḥ, kindevatyottarāhutiḥ, kindevatyaṃ hutvā srucaṃ nirudañcamunnaiṣīḥ, kindevatyaṃ barhiṣi srucannidhāyomṛjyottarataḥ pāṇī nimmā̍rttīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ dvitīyamunmṛjya pitṛprapavītaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhāmakārṣīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ prathamaṃ prāśnīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ dvitīyaṃ, kinde vatyamantataḥ sarvvamevāprāśīḥ, (1) kindevatyamaprakṣālitayodakaṃ srucā nyaneṣīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ prakṣālitayā, kinde vatyamapareṇāhavanīyamudakaṃ srucā nyaneṣīḥ, kinde - vatyaṃ sruvaṃ srucañca(2) pratyatāpsīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ rātrau srugdaṇḍamavamārttīḥ, kinde vatyaṃ prātarunmārttīrityetadvediṣya, gotama hutaṃ, cedyadyu na vetthāhataṃ ta iti brāhmaṇam ### [6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.12) sa ho vāca, raudraṃ me gavīḍāyāṃ, mānavamupahūtāyāṃ, vāyavyamupasṛṣṭāyāṃ, vairājaṃ vatsamavrīyamānaṃ, jāgatamuntrītam, āśvinaṃ duhyamānaṃ, saumyaṃ dugdhaṃ, vārhaspatyaṃ prakramyamāṇaṃ, dyāvāpṛthivyaṃ mriyamāṇam, (3) āgneyamadhiśrīyamāṇaṃ, vaiśvānarīyamadhiśritaṃ, vaiṣṇavamabhyavajvālyamānaṃ, mārutamabhyavajvālitaṃ, pauṣṇaṃ samudvāntaṃ, vāruṇaṃ viṣyannaṃ, sārasvata madbhyiḥ pratyānītaṃ, tvāṣṭramudvāsyamānaṃ, dhātramudvāsitaṃ, vaiśvadevamunnīyamānaṃ, sāvitramunnīta, vārhaspatyaṃ prakramyamāṇaṃ, dyāvāpṛthivyaṃ (4) hriyamāṇam, aindramupasādyamānaṃ, balāyopasannam, āgneyī samid, yāṃ prathamāmāhutimahauṣaṃ māmeva tat svarge loke'dhāṃ, yadgārhapatyamavekṣiṣamasya lokasya santatyai, prājāpatyottarāhutiḥ, tasmāt pūrṇatarā manasaiva sā, yahutvā sucaṃ vimṛdaṅgamamunaiṣaṃ rudrāṃstenāpraiṣaṃ, yaharhiṣi sucaṃ nidhāyonmṛjyottarataḥ pāṇī nirmārkṣyamoṣadhivanaspatīṃstenāpraiṣaṃ, yad hitoyamunmṛjya pitṛpavautaṃ kṛtvā dakṣiṇataḥ pitṛbhyaḥ svadhāmakārṣaṃ pitṛstenāpraiṣaṃ, yat prathamamnāśiṣaṃ prāṇāṃstenāpraiṣaṃ,(1) yad hitauyaṃ garbhāstena, (2) tasmādanaśnanto garbhā jīvanti, yadantaḥ sarvamevāprāśiṣaṃ viśvā devāṃstenāpraiṣaṃ, yadaprakṣālitayodakaṃ sucā nyanaiṣaṃ sarpaitarajanāṃstenāpraiṣaṃ, yat prakṣālitayā sarpapuṇyajanāṃstena, yadapareṇāhavanoyamudakaṃ sucā nyanaiṣaṃ gandharvāpsarasastenāpraiṣaṃ, yat śruvaṃ sucañca pratyatāptaṃ saptaṛṣīṃstenāpraiṣaṃ, yadrātrau sugdaṇḍamavamākṣye ye rātrau saṃviśanti dakṣiṇāṃstāmunaiṣaṃ,(3) yatprātarunmāṣṭye ye prātaḥ pravrajanti dakṣiṇāṃ(4)stāmunnaiṣamiti brāhmaṇam ### [6.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.13) evamevaitadbho yathā bhavānāha pṛcchāmi tveva(5) bhavantamiti, pṛccha prācīnayogyeti | yasya sāyamanaya upasamāhitā syuḥ sarve jjalayeyuḥ prakṣālitāni yajñapātrāṇyupasannāni syuratha ced dakṣiṇāgniruddāyāt kiṃ vā tato bhayamāgacchediti, cipramasya patnī praiti, yo vidvān juhoti vidyayā khevāhamabhijuhomīti, kā te vidyā kā prāyaścittiriti gārhapatyādadhidattiṇāgniṃ praṇīya prāco'ṅgārānuhṛtya prāṇāpānābhyāṃ svāheti juhuyādatha prātaryathāsthānamagnonupasamādhāya yathāpuraṃ juhuyātsā me vidyā sā prāyaścittiriti | atha cedāhavanīya uddāyāt kiṃ vā tatī bhayamāgacchediti kṣipramasya putraḥ maiti, yo vidvāṃ juhoti vidyayā khevāhamabhijuhomīti, kā te vidyā kā prāyaścittiriti gārhapatyāddhyāhavanīyaṃ praṇīya pratīco'ṅgārānuddhṛtya samānavyānābhyāṃ svāheti juhuyādatha prātaryathāsthānamagnīnupasamādhāya yathāpurañjuhuyāt sā me vidyā sā prāyaścittiriti | atha cedgārhapatya(1) uddāyāt kiṃ vā tato bhayamāgacchediti, kṣipraṃ gṛhapatiḥ maiti, yo vidvāṃ juhoti vidyayākhevāhamabhijuhomīti, kā te vidyā kā prāyaścittiriti sabhyamakramāhavanīyaṃ dattiṇena dattiṇāgniṃ parihṛtya gārhapatyasyāyatane pratiṣṭhāpya tataḥ śrāhavanīyaṃ praṇīya udīco(2) 'ṅgārānuddhṛtyodānarūpābhyāṃ svāheti juhuyādatha prātaryathāsthānamagnīnupasamādhāya yathāpuraṃ juhuyāt sā me vidyā sā prāyaścittirittha cetsarve'gnaya(3) udvāyeyuḥ kiṃ vā tato bhayamāgacchediti, kṣipraṃ gṛhapatiḥ sarvvajyāniñjrīyate, yo vidvāṃ juhoti vidyayā khevāhamabhijuhomīti, kā te vidyā kā prāyaścittirityānaḍuhena śakkatpiṇḍena|gnyāyatanāni parilipya homyamupasādyāgniṃ nirmathya prāṇāpānābhyāṃ svāhā samānavyānābhyāṃ svāhā udānarūpābhyāṃ svāheti juhuyādatha prātaryathāsthānamagnīnupasamādhāya yathāpurañjuhuyāt sā me vidyā sā prāyaścittirityatha cennāgniṃ (1) janayituṃ śaknuyurna kutaścana vāto vāyāt kiṃ vā tato bhayamāgacche - diti moghamasyeṣṭaṃ ca hutañca bhavati, yo vidāṃ juhoti vidyayā tvevāhamabhijuhomīti, kā te vidyā kā prāyaścittirityānaḍuhenaiva śakṛtpiṇḍenagnyāyatanāni parilipya homyamupasādyavātaāvātu bheṣajamiti sūktenātmanyeva juhuyādatha prātaragniṃ nirmanthya yathāsthānamagnīnupasamādhāya yathāpuraṃ juhuyāt sā me vidyā sā prāyaścittiriti brāhmaṇam ### [6.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.14) evamevaitad bho bhagavan yathā bhavānāhopāyāmityeva (2) bhavantamityevaṃ cennāvakṣyo mūrddhā te vyapatiṣyateoti (3) hanta tu te tadvakṣyāmi yathā te na vyapatiṣyatīti, yo ha vā evaṃvidvānaśnāti ca pivati ca vāk tena tṛpyati, vāci tṛptāyāmagnistṛpyatyagnau tṛpte pṛthivī tṛpyati, pṛthivyāṃ tṛptāyāṃ yāni pṛthivyāṃ bhūtānyanvāyattāni tāni tṛpyanti, yo ha vā evaṃvidvānaśnāti ca pivati ca prāṇastena tṛpyati, prāṇe tṛpte vāyustṛpyati, vāyau tṛpte'ntarikṣaṃ tṛpyatyantarikṣe tṛpte yānyantarikṣe bhūtānyanvāyattāni tāni tṛpyanti, yo ha vā evaṃvidvānaśnāti ca pivati ca cakṣustena tṛpyati, cakṣuṣi tṛpta ādityastṛpyatyāditye tṛpte dyaustṛpyati, divi ptāyāṃ yāni divi bhūtānyanvāyattāni tāni tṛpyanti, yo ha vā evaṃ viddānaśnāti ca pibati ca manastena tṛpyati, manasi tṛpte candramāstṛpyati, candramasi tṛpta āpastṛpyantyapsu tṛptāsu yānyapsu bhūtānyanvāyattāni tāni tṛpyanti, yo ha vā evaṃvidvānaśnāti ca pibati ca śrotraṃ tena tṛpyati, śrotre tṛpte diśaścāntarddeśāśca tṛpyanti, dikṣu cāntarddeśeṣu ca tṛpteṣu ca yāni dikṣu cāntarddeśeṣu ca bhūtānyanvāyattāni tāni tṛpyanti, yo ha vā evaṃ viddānaśnāti ca pibati ca tasyāyameva dakṣiṇaḥ pāṇirjuhūḥ savya upabhṛt kaṇṭho dhruvā'nnaṃ haviḥ prāṇā jyotīṃ ṣi sadiṣṭaṃ sadā hutaṃ sadāgitaṃ pāyitamagnihotraṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhotīti brāhmaṇam ### [6.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.15) priyamedhā ha vai bharaddājā yajñavido manyamānāste ha sma na kañcanā vedavidamupayanti, te sarvvamaviduste sahaivāviduste'gnihotrameva na samavādayanta, teṣāmekaḥ sakṛdagnihotramajuhot dvirakastrirakasteṣāṃ yaḥ sakṛdagnihotramajuhottamitarāvapṛcchatāṃ kasmai tvaṃ juhoṣīti ekadhā vā, idaṃ sarvaṃ prajāpatiḥ prajāpataya evāhaṃ sāyaṃ juhomīti prajāpataye prātariti | teṣāṃ yo dvirajuhot tamitarāvapṛcchatāṃ kābhyāṃ tvaṃ juhoṣīti, agnaye prajāpataya iti sāyaṃ, sūryyāya prajāpataya iti prātaḥ | teṣāṃ yastrirajuhottamitarāvapṛcchatāṃ kebhyastvaṃ juhoṣītyagnaye prajāpataye'numataya iti sāyaṃ, sūryyāya prajāpataye agnaye sviṣṭakṛta iti prātaḥ | teṣāṃ yo dvirajuhotsa ārdhnotsa bhūyiṣṭho'bhavatprajayā cetarau śriyā cetarāvatyākrāmattasya ha prajāmitarayoḥ prajāsu yā takṣṇumupeyātāṃ tasmād dvirhotavyaṃ, yajuṣā jva manasā ca yāmeva sa ṛddhimāpnoti (1) tāmṛdhnoti ya evaṃ veda, yathaivaṃvidvānagnihotraṃ juhotīti brāhmaṇam ### [6.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.16) svāhā vai kutaḥ sambhūtā, kena prakṛtā, kiṃ vā'syā gotraṃ, katyakṣarā, katipadā, kimpūūrvāvasānā, kvacit sthitā, kimadhiṣṭhānā, brūhi svāhāyā yaddevataṃ rūpañca | svāhā vai satyasambhūtā, brahmaṇā prakṛtā, lāmagāyanasagotrā, dve akṣare, ekaṃ padaṃ, trayaśca varṇāḥ śuklaḥ padmaḥ suvarṇa iti, sarvacchandasāṃ vedeṣu samāsabhūtaikocchvāsā varṇāste catvāro vedāḥ śarīre, ṣaḍaṅgānyoṣadhivanaspatayo lomāni, cakṣuṣī sūryācandramasau, sā svāhā sā svadhā saiṣā yajñeṣu vaṣaṭkārabhūtā prayujyate, tasyā agnirdaivataṃ brāhmaṇe rūpamiti brāhmaṇam ### [6.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.17) athāpi kāravo ha nāma ṛṣayo 'lpasvā āsaṃsta imamekaguṇamagniṣṭomaṃ dadṛśustamāharaṃstenāyajanta te svaryuyuḥ, sa ya icche t svaryāyeāti (2) sa etenekaguṇā'gniṣṭomena yajeteti brāhmaṇam ### [6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.18) athātaḥ savanīyasya paśorvibhāgaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | uddhṛtyāvadānāni, hanū sajihve prastotuḥ, kaṇṭhaḥ sakākudaḥ pratiharttuḥ, śyenaṃ vakṣa udgāturrdakṣiṇa pārśvaṃ sāṃsamadhvaryyoḥ, savyamupagātṝṇāṃ, savyo'ṃsaḥ pratiprasthāturdakṣiṇā śroṇirathagāstī brahmaṇovarasakthaṃ (3) brāhmaṇācchaṃ sinaḥ, ūruḥ potuḥ, savyā śroṇirhotturavarasakthaṃ (4) maitrāvaruṇasyoruracchāvākasya, dakṣiṇā dorneṣṭuḥ, savyā sadasyasya, sadasyānūkañca gṛhapaterjāghanī patnyāstāṃ sā brāhmaṇena pratigrāhayati, vaniṣṭhurhṛdayaṃ vṛkkau cāṅga lgāni dakṣiṇo bāhurāgnīdhrasya, savya ātreyasya, dakṣiṇau pādau gṛhapatevratapradasya,(1) savyau pādau gṛhapatnagrāvratapradāyāḥ,(2) sahaivaitayorauṣṭhastaṃ gṛhapatirevānuśāsti maṇirjācya skandhāstisraśca kīkasā grāvastutastisrasyaiva kīkasā arddhaśvāpānaśvetareturata ūrddha camasādhvaryūṇāṃ lomāḥ śamayituḥ, śiraḥ subrahmaṇyasya, yaśca sutyāmāhvayate tasya carma tathā khalu ṣaṭ triṃśatsampadyante ṣaṭtriṃśadavadānā gauḥ ṣaṭtriṃśadakṣarā bṛhatī, bāhaṃto vai svarge lokaḥ bṛhatyā vai devāḥ svarge loke yajamte, vṛhatyā svarge loke pratiṣṭhati, pratitiṣṭhati prajayā paśubhirya evaṃ vibhajamte | atha yadato'nyathāśūlliko vā pāpakṣato vā hutādo vā'nyajanā vā'pi mathīranne vamevaiṣāṃ paśurvimathito bhavatyasvargodevatā yo ha vā imāṃ śrutaṛṣiḥ paśorvibhāgaṃ vidāñcakāra, tāmu ha girijāya bābhravāyānyā manuṣyebhyaḥ(3) provāca, tata iyamarvāṅ manuṣyeṣvāsīditi brāhmaṇam ### [6.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.18-2) athāto dīkṣāḥ | kasyasviddhetordīkṣita ityācakṣate, śreṣṭhāṃ dhiyaṃ kṣiyatoti,(4) taṃ vā etaṃ dokṣitaṃ santaṃ dīkṣita ityācakṣate, parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā dvava hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ kasyasviddhetordīkṣito'pratyutthāyiko (1) bhavatyanabhivādukaḥ pratyuttheyo'bhivādyo ye pratyuttheyābhivādyāsta enamāviṣṭābhavantyatharvāṅgirasastasya kimātharvaṇamiti, yadātmanyeva juhvati na parasminnevaṃ hātharvaṇānāmodanasamānāmātmanyeva (2) juhvati na parasminnathāsya kimāṅgirasamiti, yadātmanaśca pareṣāṃ ca nāmāni na gṛhṇātyevaṃ hatasminnāsādātmanaścaiva (3) pareṣāṃ ca nāmāni na gṛhyante, vicakṣaṇavatīṃ vācambhāṣante ca na sitavatīṃ vicakṣayanti, brāhmaṇaṃ ca na sagṛnti(4) prājāpatyaṃ, saiṣā vratadhugatharvāṅgirasastāṃ hyanvāyattāḥ, kasyasviddhetordīkṣato nāśyanno bhavati nāsya nāma gṛhṇantyanaśyo nāmasyo bhavatītyāhustasya ye'nnamadanti te'sya pāpmānamadantyathāsya ye nāma gṛhṇanti te'sya nāmnaḥ pāpmānamagrāhnate'thāpi (5) vedānāṃ garbhabhūto bhavatītyāḍastasyājātasyāvijñātasyākrītasomasyābhojanīyaṃ bhavatītyāhuḥ | sa dokṣāṇāṃ prātarjāyate somaṃ krīṇanti tasya jātasya vijñātasya krītasomasya bhojanīyaṃ bhavatītyāhuḥ | kasyasviddhetoḥ saṃsavā parijihīrṣitā bhavanti yataro vīryyavattamo bhavati(6)sa parasya yajñaṃ parimuṣṇāti | kasyasviddhetordeve na dhyāyet saṃsthite nādhīyeteti saṃsavasyaiva hetoriti vidyotamāne stanayatyatho varṣati vāyavyamabhiṣukhanti vai devāḥ somañca bhakṣayanti tadabhiṣukhanti brāhmaṇāḥ śuśruvāṃso'nūcānāsteṣāṃ sarvarasabhakṣāḥ pitṛpitāmahā bhavanti, sa daive na dhyāyet saṃsthitenādhīyeteti(1) brāhmaṇam ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.20) samāhatta ācāryā niṣedustān ha yaccī dīkṣiṣyamāṇānāṃ brāhmaṇarūpaṃ kṛtvopaudeyāyetyañcedyopasamavalumpenta vo'haṃ madhye dīkṣāiti, ta jacurnaiva tvā vidmaḥ na jānīmaḥ ko hīdavijñāyamānena saha dīkṣiṣyasīti, yanvidaṃ dīkṣiṣyadhve bhūyo na dīkṣiṣyadhve, ya vā u ekandokṣayiṣyatha saṃ vai tarhi mohiṣyatha mohiṣyati vo yajñaḥ(2) sarve te dokṣayiṣyatetyatha vā u ekaṃ dokṣayiṣyatha te vā ahoṛtvijo gṛhapatayo bhaviṣyatha, te tūṣṇīṃ dhyāyantaāsāñcakrire, sahovāca kinnu tṛṣṇīmādhve bhūyo vaḥ pṛcchāmaḥ pṛcchateti, yanvidaṃ dīkṣiṣyadhva upayema etasmin saṃvatsare mithunaṃ cariṣyatha nopeyyeti dhigiti hocuḥ, kathaṃ nu dīkṣitā upeṣyāmonopeṣyāmahā dūti, te vai brāhmaṇānāmabhimandāro(3) bhaviṣyatha retoha vo ya etasmin saṃvatsare brāhmaṇāstadbhaviṣyaṃ(4) ste bodhimatābhaviṣyathetyatha vā upeṣyāmo nopeṣyāmahā iti, te vai dīkṣitā avakīrṇino bhaviṣyatha, na ha vai devayānaḥ panthā prādurbhāviṣyati tirovo devayānaḥ panthā bhaviṣyatīti, te vayaṃ bhagavantamevopadhāvāma yathā svasti saṃvatsarasyodṛcaṃ samaśravāmahā iti brāhmaṇam ### [6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.21) sa hovāca, dvādaśa ha vai vasūni dokṣitādutkrāmanti, na ha vai dīkṣito'gnihotra juhuyāt, na paurṇamāsena yajñena yajeta, nāmāvāsyenāsminvasota, na pitṛyajñena yajeta, na tatra gacchedyatra manasā jigamiṣeneṣyā yajeta, na vācā yathākathācidabhibhāṣeta, na mithunaṃ caret nānyasya yathākāmamu yuñjīta, na paśubandhrena yajñena yajeta, na tatra gacchedyatra cakṣuṣā parāpaśyet, kṛṣṇājinaṃ vasīta, kurīrandhārayenmuṣṭīkuryādaṅguṣṭhaprabhṛtayastisra uccūyet, mṛgaśṛṅga' gṛhlīyāttena kaṣetārtha(1) yasya dīkṣitasya vāgvāyatā syān muṣṭau vā visṛṣṭau sa etāni japet (2) ### [6.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.22) agnihotrañca māpaurṇamāsaśca yajñaḥ purastāt pratyañcamubhau kāmaprau bhūtvā cityā sahāviśatāṃ, vasatiśca mā'māvāsyaśca(3) yajñaḥ paścāt prāñcamubhāvitisamānaṃ, manaśca mā pitṛyajñaśca yajño dakṣiṇataudañcamubhāviti samānaṃ, vāk ca meṣṭiścottarato dakṣiṇāñcamubhāviti samānaṃ, retaśca mā'nnaṃ ceta jarddhañcamubhāviti samānaṃ| cakṣuśca mā paśubandhaśca yajño'mutorvāñcamubhau kāmaprau bhūtvā cityā sahāviśatāmiti | khalu ha vai dīkṣito ya ātmani vasūni dhatte na caivāsya kācanārttirbhavati, na ca yajñaviskandhamupayātapaghnanti punarmṛtyumayātyeti punarājāniṃ, kāmacāro'sya sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti ya evaṃ veda, yaścaivaṃvidvān dīkṣāmupaitīti brāhmaṇam ### [6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.23) atha yasya dokṣitasyatsumatī jāyā syāt pratisnāvā pratisnāvā sārūpavatsāyā (1) goḥ payasi sthālīpākaṃ śrapayitvā'bhighāryodāsyoṣṭyābhihiṅkṛtya garbhavedanapuṃsavanaiḥsampātavantaṃ (2) kṛtvā taṃ paraiva prāśnīyādveto vā annaṃ vṛṣā hiṅkāra evaṃ hīśvarāya dokṣitāya dokṣito jāyā putraṃ labhetetye tenaiva prakrameṇa yajeteti brāhmaṇam ### [6.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6.23.p1) ityatharvvavede gopathabrāhmaṇapūrvvabhāge tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ ## Linked texts (4) - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Vaitānaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.vaitana.235) — Sanskrit - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.3.15) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.srautakosa.1.p130) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6) · Pramāṇa