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Rajendralala Mitra, Harachandra Vidyabhushana; Bibliotheca… · Scan of a printed edition hosted by the Internet Archive (archive.org); the ancient text is in the public… ## Contents - [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1) — 11 parts - [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2) — 26 parts - [3 atha dvitīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.3) — 2 parts - [4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4) — 16 parts - [5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5) — 6 parts - [6 atha tṛtīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.6) — 23 parts - [7 atha caturthaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.7) — 25 parts - [8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.8) — 25 parts - [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.9) — 26 parts - [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.10) — 1 part - [11 atha dvitīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.11) — 24 parts - [12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.12) — 45 parts - [13 atha pañcamaprapāṭhakaḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.13) — 16 parts - [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.14) — 16 parts - [15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.15) — 1 part ## Text ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.2) sa bhūyo'śrāmyad bhūyo'tapyat bhūya ātmānaṃ samatapattasya śrāntasya taptasya santaptasya sarvebhyo romagartebhyaḥ pṛthak svedadhārāḥ prāsyandanta | (6) tābhiranandat, tadabravodābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi yadidaṃ kiñcābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvaṃ janayiṣyāmi yadidaṃ kiñcābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvamāpsyāmi yadidaṃ kiñceti | tathadabravodābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi yadidaṃ kiñceti, tasmāt dhārā abhavaṃ (1) staddhārāṇāṃ dhārātvaṃ yaccāsu dhriyate | tathadabravodābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvaṃ janayiṣyāmi yadidaṃ kiñceti, tasmājjāyā abhavaṃstajjāyānāṃ jāyātvaṃ yaccāsu puruṣo jāyate, yacca putraḥ punnāmanarakamanekaśatatāraṃ tasmāt trāti putrastat putrasya putratvaṃ tathadabravodābhirvā ahamidaṃ sarvamāpsyāmi yadidaṃ kiñceti, tasmādāpo abhavaṃstadapāmapnamāpnoti vai sa sarvān kāmān yān kāmayate ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.3) tā apaḥ sṛṣṭvā'nvaikṣata, tāsu svāṃ chāyāmapaśyat(2)tāmasyekṣamāṇasya svayaṃ reto'skandattadapsu pratyatiṣṭhat tāstataivābhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat, samatapat, tāḥ śrāntāstaptāḥ santaptāḥ sārddhameva retasā dvaidhamabhavaṃ(3) stāsāmanyā anyatarā atilavaṇā apeyā asvādagrastā aśāntā retaḥ samudraṃ htvā'tiṣṭhannathetarāḥ peyāḥ svādvyaḥ śāntāstāstataivābhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat, samatapat, tābhyaḥ śrāntābhyastaptābhyaḥ santaptābhyo yadreta āsīttadbhṛjyata, yadbhṛjyata tasmād bhṛguḥ samabhavat, tad bhṛgo bhṛṃgutvaṃ bhṛguriva vai sa sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti ya evaṃ veda ### [1.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.4-2) sa bhṛgu sṛṣṭo'ntaradhīyata, sa bhṛguḥ sṛṣṭaḥ prāṅejattataṃ vāganvavadadvāyo vāyo dūti, sannāvarttata, sa daciṇāṃ diśamejattataṃ vāganvavadat mātariśvan mātariśvanniti, sa nyavarttata(1) sa pratīcīṃ diśamejattataṃ vāganvavadat pavamānaḥ pavamāna dūti, sa nyavarttata(2) sa udīcīndiśamejattataṃ vāganvavadadvāta vāteti,tamabravīdanvavidāmaha dūti, mahītyathārvāṅnemaitāsvevāpsvinviccheti(3) tadyadabravodathārvāṅnemaitāsvevāpsvanviccheti(4) tadatharvā'bhavat, tadatharvaṇo'tharvatvaṃ (5) | tasya ha vā etasya bhagavato'tharvaṇa ṛṣeryathaiva brahmaṇo lomāni yathā'ṅgāni yathā prāṇa evamevāsya sarva ātmā samabhavattamatharvāṇaṃ brahmā'bravīt prajāpateḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā pālayasveti | tadyadabravīt prajāpateḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā pālayasveti, tasmāt prajāpatirabhavat, tat prajāpateḥ prajāpatitvamatharvā vai prajāpatiḥ, prajāpatiriva vai sa sarveṣu lokeṣu bhāti ya evaṃ veda ### [1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.5) tamatharvāṇamṛṣimabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat, samatapattasyācchrāntātaptāt santaptāt daśartayānatharvaṇa ṛṣīniramimataikārthān dvadyaṃstṛcāṃścaturṛcān pañcarcon ṣaḍarcon saptaconaṣṭarcānnavarcāndaśarcāniti | tāmatharvvaṇa ṛṣīnabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapantlamatapat, tebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyo daśatayānārtharvvāṇānārṣeyāniramimataikādaśān dvādaśāṃstrayodaśāṃścaturddaśān pañcadaśān ṣoḍaśān saptadaśānaṣṭādaśānnavadaśān viṃśāniti | tānatharvvaṇa ṛṣonātharvvaṇānārṣeyānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat samatapat tebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyo yān mantrānapaśyat sa ātharvvaṇo vedo'bhavattanmātharvvaṇaṃ vedamabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapatsamatapattasyācchrāntāt taptāt santaptādomiti mana evorddhamacaramudaṃkrāmat, sa ya icchetsarvvairaitairatharvvabhiścātharvvaṇaiśca kurvīyetyetayaiva taṃ mahāvyāhṛtyā kurvīta | sarvvairha vā asyaitairatharvvabhiścātharvvaṇaiśca kṛtaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānivametayā mahāvyāhṛtyā kurute ### [1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.6) sa bhūyo'śrāmyad bhūyo'tapyad bhūya ātmānaṃ samatapat sa ātmataeva trīṃllokānniramimata pṛthivīmantarikṣandivamiti | sa khalu pādābhyāmeva pṛthivīṃ niramimatodarādantarikṣam, mūrddhā divaṃ | sa tāṃstrīṃllokānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapantlamatapattebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyastrīn devān niramimatāgniṃ vāyumādityamiti | sa khalu pṛthivyā evāgniṃ niramimatāntarikṣādvāyundiva ādityaṃ | sa tāṃstrīn devānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat samatapattebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyastrīn vedānniramimata ṛgvedaṃ yajurvvedaṃ sāmavedamiti, agne ṛgvedaṃ, vāyoryyajurvvedamādityātsāmavedaṃ | sa tāṃstrīn vedānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapat samatapat tebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyaḥ stisro mahāvyāhṛtīrniramimata bhūrbhuvaḥsvariti | bhūrityṛgvedāt, bhuva iti yajurvvedāt, svariti sāmavedāt | sa ya icchetsarvvairetaistribhirvvedaiḥ kurvīyetyetābhireva taṃ mahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ kurvīta sarvairha vā asyaitaistribhirvedaiḥ kṛtaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yaścaivaṃ vidvānevametābhirmahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ kurute ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.7) tā yā amū reta: samudraṃ hatvā'tiṣṭhaṃstāḥ prācyo dakṣiṇātyaḥ pratīcya udīcyaḥ samavadravanta | tadyatsamavadravanta tasmātsamudra ucyate tā bhītā abruvan bhagavantameva vayaṃ rājānaṃ vṛṇīmaha iti yacca hatvā'tiṣṭhaṃstadvaruṇo'bhavat(1) taṃ vā etaṃ varaṇaṃ santaṃ varuṇa ityācakṣate | parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ sa samudrādamucyata sa mutyurabhavatt' vā etaṃ mutyuṃ santaṃ mṛtyu rityācakṣate | parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ taṃ varuṇaṃ mṛtyumabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattasya śrāntasya taptasya santaptasya sarvebhyo'ṅgebhyo raso'kṣarat so'ṅgaraso'bhavatt' vā etamaṅgarasaṃ santamaṅgirā ityācakṣate | parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.8) tamaṅgirasamṛṣimabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattasmācchrāntāttaptātsantaptādviṃśino'ṅgirasa(2)ṛṣonniramimata,tān viṃśino'ṅgirasa ṛṣonabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapat, tebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyo daśatayānāṅgirasānāṣeyānriramimata, ṣor̤aśino'ṣṭādaśino dvādaśina ekavaṃśaṃstṛcāṃścatukṛcān pañcarcon ṣar̤arcām dvayacān saptarcāmiti tānaṅgirasa ṛṣīnāṅgirasāṃścārṣeyānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyo yān mantrānapaśyatsa āṅgiraso vedo'bhavattamāṅgirasaṃ vedamabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattasmācchrāntāttaptāt santaptānnamaditi haitamakṣaraṃ vyabhavat | sa ya icchetsarvvairai tairaṅgirobhirāṅgirasaiśca kurvīyetyetayaiva taṃ mahāvyāhṛtyā kurvīta sarvvair hya vā asyaitairaṅgirobhirāṅgirasaiśca kṛtaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yasyaivaṃ vidvānaivametayā mahāvyāhṛtyā kurute ### [1.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.6-2) sa jarddho'tiṣṭhat sa imāṃllokān vyaṣṭabhnāt, tasmādaṅgiraso'dhīyāna jarddhastiṣṭhati, tad vrataṃ sa manasā dhyāyedyad vā ahaṃ kiñcana manasā dhyāsyāmi tathaiva tad bhaviṣyati taddha sma tathaiva bhavati tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | śreṣṭho ha vedastapaso'dhijāto brahmajyānāṃ citaye sambabhūva(1) ṛjyad bhūtaṃ(2) yadasṛjyatedaṃ niveśanamadṛṇaṃ dūramasyeti tā vā etā aṅgirasāṃ yāmayau(3) yanmenayaḥ karoti menibhirvvīyaṃ ya evaṃ veda ### [1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.10) sa diśo'nvaukṣata prācīṃ dakṣiṇāṃ pratīcomudīcīṃ dhruvāmūrddhāmiti| tāstathaivābhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattābhyaḥ śrāntābhyastaptābhyaḥ santaptābhyaḥ pañca vedānniramimata sarpavedaṃ piśācavedamasuravedamitihāsavedaṃ purāṇavedamiti| sa khalu prācyā eva diśaḥ sarpavedaṃ niramimata, dakṣiṇasyāḥ piśācavedaṃ, pratīcyā asuravedamūdīcyā itihāsavedaṃ, dhruvāyāñcorddhāyāśca purāṇavedaṃ(4) | sa tān pañca vedānabhyaśrāmyadabhyatapattamatapattebhyaḥ śrāntebhyastaptebhyaḥ santaptebhyaḥ pañca mahāvyāhṛtīrnirmimata vṛdhat karad guhan mahat taditi | vṛdhaditi sarpavedāt, karaditi piśācavedāt, guhadityāsuravedāt, mahaditītihāsavedāt, taditi purāṇavedāt, sa ya icchetsarvairetaiḥ pañcabhirvedaiḥ kurvīyetyetābhireva taṃ mahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ kurvīta sarvairha vā asyaitaiḥ pañcabhirvedaiḥ kṛtaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yasyaivaṃ vidvānevametābhirmahāvyāhṛtibhiḥ kurute ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.11) sa āvataśca parāvataścānvaikṣata, tāstaptaivābhyaśrāmyadabhyatapatsamapattasyaḥ śrāntābhyastaptābhyaḥ santaptābhyaḥ śamityūrmiścaramudakrāmat | sa ya icchetsarvābhiretābhirāva‌d‌bhiśca parāvadbhiśca kurvīyetyetayaiva taṃ mahāvyāhṛtyā kurvīta sarvābhirha vā asyaitābhirāva‌dbhiśca parāvadbhiśca kṛtaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda yasyaivaṃ vidvānevametayā mahāvyāhṛtyā kurute ### [1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.12) sa bhūyo'śrāmyat, bhūyo'tapyat, bhūya ātmānaṃ samatapatta manasa eva candramasamanirmimata, nakṣatrebhyo nakṣatrāṇi, lomabhya oṣadhivanaspatīn, kṣudrebhyaḥ prāṇebhyo'nyān bahūn devān | sa bhūyo'śrāmyad bhūyo'tapyat, bhūya ātmānaṃ samatapat sa etaṃ trivṛtaṃ saptatantumekaviṃśatisaṃsthaṃ yajñamapaśyat tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | agniryajñaṃ trivṛtaṃ saptatantumiti athāpyeṣa prākror̤itaḥ ślokaḥ pratyabhibadati sapta sutyāḥ sapta ca pākayajñā iti ### [1.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.12.p1) tamāharat yenāyajata(1)tasyāgnirhotā''sīt, vāyuradhvaryuḥ, sūryyaudgātā, candramā brahmā, parjjanyaḥ sadasya, oṣadhivanaspatayaścamasā, adhvaryyavo viśvedevā hotrakā, atharvāṅgiraso gomārasaṃ ha smaitamevaṃ vidvāṃsaḥ pūrvve śrotriyā yajñaṃ tataṃ sāvasāya ha smāhetyabhivrajanti, mā no'yaṃ gharma udyataḥ, pramattānāmamṛtāḥ prajāḥ prasākṣīditi, tān bāyetān(1) parirakṣakān sadaḥprasarṣakānityācakṣate dakṣiṇāsamṛddhāṃstadu ha smāha prajāpatiryadvai yajñe'kuśalā(2)ṛtvijo bhavantyacaritino brahmacaryya(3)maparāgvā vā tadvai yajñasya viriṣṭamityācakṣate | yajñasya viriṣṭamanuyajamāno viriṣyate, yajamānasya viriṣṭamanvṛtvijo viriṣyanta, ṛtvijāṃ viriṣṭamanudakṣiṇā viriṣyante, dakṣiṇānāṃ viriṣṭamanuyajamānaḥ putrapaśubhirviriṣyate, putrapaśūnāṃ viriṣṭamanu yajamānaḥ svargeṇa lokena viriṣyate, svargasya lokasya viriṣṭamanu tasyārddhasya yogakṣemo viriṣyate, yasminvarṣe yajanta ### [1.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.1.12.p2) iti brāhmaṇam || 13 ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.2.14) taṃ ha smaitamevaṃ vidvāṃsaṃ brahmāṇaṃ yajñaviriṣṭau vā yajñaviriṣṭino vetyupādhāveran namaste astu bhagavan yajñasya no viriṣṭaṃ sandhehīti, tadyatraiva viriṣṭaṃ syāttatrāgnīnupasamādhāya śāntyudakaṃ kṛtvā pṛthivyai śrotrāyeti cirevāgnīn samprokṣati, triḥ paryyukṣati, triḥ kārayamāṇamācāmayati ca, samprokṣati ca, yajñavāstu ca samprokṣyatathāpi vedānāṃ rasena yajñasya viriṣṭaṃ sandhīyate, tadyathā lavaṇena suvarṇaṃ 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 ### atha dvitīyaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ ### [3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.3.p1) oṃ brahmacārīṣṇaṃścarati rodasī ubhe ityācāryyamāha tasmin devāḥ sammanaso bhavantīti vāyumāha sa sadya eti pūrvvasmāduttaraṃ samudramityādityamāha dīkṣito dīrghaśmaśureṣa dīkṣita eṣa dīrghaśmaśureṣa evācāryyasthāne tiṣṭhannācāryya iti stūyate, vaidyutasthāne tiṣṭhan vāyuriti stūyate, dyausthāne tiṣṭhannāditya ### [3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.3.p2) iti stūyate | tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ brahmacārīṣṇaviti brāhmaṇam || 1 ### [4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.2) jāyamāno ha vai brāhmaṇaḥ saptendriyāṇyabhijāyante, brahmavarcasañca yaśaśca svapnaśca krodhaśca ślāghāñca rūpañca puṇyameva gandhaṃ saptamaṃ | tāni ha vā asyaitāni brahmacaryyamupetopakrāmanti, mṛgānasya brahmavarcasaṃ gacchatyācāryyaṃ yaśo'jagaraṃ svapno varāhaṃ krodhopaślāghaṃ kumārīṃ rūpameoṣadhivanaspatīn puṇyo gandhaḥ sa yanmṛgājināni vaste tena tad brahmavarcasamavarundhe, yadasya mṛgeṣu bhavati saha snāto brahmavarcasī bhavati sa yadaharaharācāryyāya karmmakaroti tena tadyaśo'varundhe yadasyācāryye bhavati saha snāto yaśasvī bhavati sa yatsuppurnidrātrinayati tena taṃ svapramavarundhe yo'syājagare bhavati taṃ ha snātaṃ svapantamāhuḥ svapitu mainaṃ bobudhatheti sa kruddho vācā na kañcana hinasti puruṣāt puruṣāt pāpīyāniva manyamānastena taṃ krodhamavarundhe, yo'sya varāhe bhavatitasya ha snātasya krodhā ślāghīyasaṃ viśante'thyāṅgaḥ ślāghyamāno na ślāyāttaina taṃ ślāghāmavarundhe, yā'syāpsu bhavati saha snātaḥ ślāvīyau'nyebhyaḥ ślāghyate'thaitadbrahmacāriṇo rūpaṃ yatkumāryyāstānyagnāvodocedetiveti mukhaṃ viparidhāpayettena tadrūpamavarundhe, ya dasya kumāyyāṃ bhavati taṃ ha snātaṃ kumāromiva nirokṣante'thaidvahmacāriṇa. puṇyogandho ya oṣadhivanaspatīnāṃ tāsāṃ puṇyaṃ gandhaṃ pracchidya nopajighrettena taṃ puṇyaṃ gandhamavarundhe, yo'syoṣadhivanaspatoṣu bhavati sa ha snātaḥ puṇyagandhirbhavati ### [4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.3) sa vā eṣa upayaṃścaturddhīpaityagniṃ pādenācāryyaṃ pādena grāmaṃ pādena mṛtyuṃ pādena, sa yadaharahaḥ samidha āhṛtya sāyaṃ prātaragniṃ paricarettena taṃ pādamavarundhe, yo'syāgnaubhavati| sa yadaharaharācāyyāya karmma karoti, tena taṃ pādamavarundhe, yo'syācāryye bhavati sa yadaharahayīmaṃ praviśya bhikṣāmeva parokṣati na maithunantena taṃ pādamavarundhe, yo'sya grāme bhavati, sa yat kruddho vācā na kañcana hinasti puruṣāt puruṣāt pāpīyāni manyamānastenava taṃ pādamavarudhe, yo'sya mṛtyau bhavati ### [4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.4) pañca ha vā ete brahmacārikhayamayo dhīyante, hau pṛthag hastayormukhe hṛdaya upastha eva pañcamaḥ | sa yahakṣiṇena pāṇinā bhikṣayanna spṛśati tenāharaharyājināṃ lokamavarundhe, yatsavyena tena pravājināṃ, yanmukhena tenāgnipraskandināṃ, yaddhṛdayena tena śūrāṇāṃ, yadupasthena tena gṛhamedhināṃ, taiśvet striyaṃ parāharatyanagniriva śiṣyate | sa yadaharaharācāryyāya kule'nutiṣṭhate so'nuṣṭhāya brūyāddharmaṃgupto (1) mā gopāyeti dharmo haina gupto gopāyeti, tasya ha prajā śvaḥ śvaḥ śreyasī śreyaso ha bhavati, dhāyyaiva pratidhīyate, svarge loke pitṝndadhāti, tāntavaṃ na vasīta, yattāntavaṃ vaste kṣatraṃ varddhate na brahma, tasmāttāntavaṃ na vasīta brahma varddhatāṃ mā kṣatramiti, noparyāsauta yaduparyāste prāṇameva tadātmanaḥ'dharaṃ kurute yahāto vahati, adha evāsīta, adhaḥ śayīta, adhastiṣṭhedadho vrajedevaṃ ha sma vaitat pūrve brāhmaṇā brahmacaryyañcaranti taṃ ha sma tatputraṃ bhrātaraṃ vopatāpinamāhurupanayetainamityāsamiddhārāt khareṇanto'śramayādyāha javanamāhuḥ, snāpayetainamityāsamiddhārātra hyetāni vratāni bhavanti, taṃ cecchrayānamācāryo'bhivadet, sa pratisaṃhāya pratiśṛṇuyāttaṃ cecchrayānamutthāya tañcedrutatthitamabhiprakramya (2) taṃ cedabhiprakrāntamabhipalāyamānamevaṃ ha sma vaitat pūrve brāhmaṇā brahmacaryya caranti, teṣāṃ ha sma vaiṣā puṇyā kīrttirgacchatyāha vā ayaṃ so'dya gamiṣyatīti ### [4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.5) janamejayo (3) ha vai pārīkṣito mṛgayāñcariṣyan haṃsābhyāmabhicanupāvatastha iti, tāvūcaturjanamejayaṃ (1) pārīkṣitamabhyājagāma, sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau, kau nu bhagavantāviti, (2) tāvūcatuīkṣiṇāgniścāhavanīyaśceti, sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau, tadākīyatāmitihopārāmamityapi kila devā na ramante na hi devā na ramante'pi caikopārāmāddevā ārāmamupasaṅkrāmantīti, sa hovāca namo vāṃ bhagavantau, kiṃ puṇyamiti brahmacaryyamiti, kiṃ laukyamiti(3) brahmacaryyameveti, tat ko veda iti,(4) dantābalo dhaumro'tha khalu dantābalo dhaumro yāvati tāvati kāle pārīkṣitaṃ janamejayamabhyājagāma, tasmā utthāya svayameva viṣṭaraṃ nidadhau, tamupasaṅgṭahya papracchādhīhi bho kiṃ puṇyamiti brahmacaryyamiti, kiṃ laukyamiti brahmacaryyameveti, tasmā etat provācāṣṭācatvāriṃśadvarṣaṃ sarvvavedabrahmacaryyaṃ, taccaturddhā vedeṣu vyūhya dvādaśavarṣaṃ brahmacaryyaṃ dvādaśavarṣāṇyavarārddhamapi stāyaṃścaredyathāśaktyaparaṃ | tasmā udṛṣṭṭaṣabho sahasrandadāvapyapikīrttitamācāryyo brahmacārītyeka āhurākāśamadhidaivatamathādhyātmaṃ brāhmaṇo vratavāṃścaraṇavān brahmacārī ### [4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.6) brahma ha vai prajā mṛtyave samprāyacchat, brahmacāriṇameva na sampradadau, sa hovācāsyāmasminniti kimiti yāṃ rātrīṃ samidhamanāhṛtya vasettāmāyuṣo'varundhīyeti, tasmād brahmacāryyaharahaḥ samidha āhṛtya sāyaṃ prātaragniṃ paricaret, noparyyupasādayet, atha pratiṣṭhāpayet yaduparyyupasādayejjīmūtavarṣo tadahaḥ, parjjanyo bhavati, te devā abruvan brāhmaṇo vā ayaṃ brahmacaryyañcariṣyati brūtāsmai bhikṣā iti, gṛhapatirbrūta bahucārī gṛhapatnya iti kimasyā vṛṅktātādadatyā iti, dūṣṭāpūrtta-sukṛtadraviṇamavarundhyāditi, tasmād brahmacāriṇe' haraharbhikṣāṃ dadyādgṛhiṇīmāmiyuriṣṭāpūrttaṃ (1) sukṛtadraviṇamavarundhyāditi | saptamīṃ nātinayetsaptamīmatinayana brahmacārī bhavati, samiddhaiñca saptarātramacaritavān brahmacārī punarapaneyo bhavati ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.7) nopari śāyī syānnagāyano na narttano na saraṇo na niṣṭhīvet yadupāra śāyī bhavatyabhīkṣṇaṃ nivāsā jāyante, yadgāyano bhavatyabhīkṣṇaśa ākrāndābhāyante, yannarttano bhavatyabhokṣṇaśaḥ pretānniharante, yatsaraṇo bhavatyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ prajāḥ saṃviśante, yanniṣṭhovati madhya eva tadātmano niṣṭhīvati, sa cenniṣṭhoveddevo nu māṃ yadannāpaṃ madhorahaṃ yadannāpi rasasya ma ityātmānamanumantrayate | yadannāpi madhorahaṃ niriṣṭaviṣamamṛtaṃ (1) | agniśca tatsavitā ca punarme jaṭhare dhattāṃ (3) | yadannāpi rasasya me parāpapātāsma taṃ | tadihopahvayāmahe tanma āpyāyatāṃ punariti | na śmaśānamātiṣṭhet, sa cedadhitiṣṭhe dudakaṃ haste kṛtvā yadodamṛtakāmyetyabhimantrya japannapodya parikrāmet samayāyopari vrajet yadodamṛtakāmyāghaṃ ripramupeyima adbhyaḥ kṣīṇaiva hīyatāṃ | mā no'nvāgādaghaṃ yata iti | atha haitaddevānāṃ pariṣūtaṃ yad brahmacārī tadetedṛcoktaṃ | devānāmetatpariṣūtamanbhārūḍhaṃ carati rocamānaṃ tasmin sarvve paśavastatra yajñāstasminnannaṃ saha devatābhiriti brāhmaṇam ### [4.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.7-2) prāṇāpānau janayanniti śaṅgasya mūle maharṛṣervasiṣṭhasya putraḥ etāṃ vācaṃ sasṛje, śītoṣṇāvihyotsau (1) prādurbhāveyātāmiti tathā tacchabdamanuvarttate, atha khalu vipāṇamadhye vaśiṣṭhaśilā nāma prathama āśramro, ditīyaḥ kṛṣṇaśilāstasmin vasiṣṭhaḥ samatapadviśvāmitrajamadagnī jāstore tpataḥ, gautamabharadvājau siṃhī prabhave tapataḥ śṛṅgagurgurvāse tapatyucchirṛṣṭidroṇe'bhyatapadagastyo'gasyatīrthe tapati divyaṃ trihaṃ tapati svayambhūḥ kaśyapaḥ kaśyapatuṅge'bhyatapadulūkakacutarakṣuḥ śvā varāhacilvatibabhrukāḥ sarpadaṃṣṭranaḥ saṃhatanukṣaṇavānāḥ kaśyapatuṅgadarśanāttaraṇavāṭāt siddhirbhavati brāhmaṃ varṣasahasramṛṣivane brahmacāryaikapādenātiṣṭhad ditīyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ mūrddhanyevāmṛtasya dhārāmadhārayad brāhmākhyaṣṭācatvāriṃśataṃ varṣasahasrāṇi salilasya pṛṣṭhe śivo'bhyatapattasmāttaptāttapaso bhūya evābhyatapat tadapyetā ṛco'bhivadanti prāṇāpānau janayanniti brāhmaṇam ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.8) ekapād dvipada iti vāyurekapāttasyākāśaṃ pādaścandramā dvipāttasya pūrvvapakṣāparapacau pādāvādityastripāttasyeme lokāḥ pādā agniḥ ṣaṭpādastasya pṛthivyantarikṣaṃ dyaurāpa oṣadhivanaspataya imāni bhūtāni pādāsteṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ vedā gatirātmā pratiṣṭhitāścatasro brahmaṇaḥ śākhā, atho āhuḥ ṣaḍiti mūrttirākāśasyetyṛcā mūrttiryājuṣī gatiḥ sāmamayantejo bhṛgvaṅgirasāmāpaitad brahmaiva yajñaścatuṣpād hiḥ saṃsthita iti | tasya bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ saṃkhye atho āhurekasaṃsthita iti, yaddhotarccā maṇḍalaiḥ karoti pṛthivīṃ tenāpyāyayati etasyāṃ hyagniścarati tadapyetadṛcoktam | agnivāsāḥ pṛthivyasi tanūriti yadadhvaryyuryajuṣā karotyantarikṣaṃ tenāpyāyayati tasminvāyurrna niviśate katamacca nāha iti tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | antarikṣe pathibhirḍīyamāṇo (1) na niviśate katamacca nāhaḥ | apāṃ yoniḥ prathamajā ṛtasya ka svijjātaḥ kuta ābabhūveti yadudgātā sāmnā karoti divaṃ tenāpyāyayati tatra hyādityaḥ śukraścarati tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | uccāyataṃ tamaruṇaṃ suparṇamiti | yad brahmarcā kāṇḍaiḥ karotyapastenāpyāyayati candramā hyapsu carati tadapyetadṛcoktam | candramā apsvantariti | tāsāmoṣadhivanaspatayaḥ kāṇḍāni, tato mūlakāṇḍaparṇapuṣpaphalapraroharasagandhairyajño varttate'dbhiḥ karmāṇi pravarttante'dbhiḥ somo viṣūyate, tad yad brahmāṇaṃ karmaṇi varmaṇyāmantrayatyapastenānujānātyeṣo hyasya bhāgastadyathā bhokṣyamāṇo'pa eva prathamamācāmayedatha upariṣṭādevaṃ yajño'dbhireva pravarttate'psu saṃsthāpyate tasmād brahmā purastāḍomasaṃsthitahomairyajño varttate'ntarā hi purastāḍomasaṃsthitahomairyajñaṃ parigṛhṇātyantarā hi bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ vedāno duhya(1) bhṛgvaṅgirasaḥ somapānaṃ manyante somātmako hyayaṃ veda tadapyetadṛcoktaṃ | somaṃ manyate papivāniti tadyathemāṃ pṛthivīmuddīptāṃ jyotiṣā dhūmāyamānāṃ varṣaṃ śamayatyevam brahmā bhṛgvaṅgirobhirvyāhṛtibhiryajñasya viriṣṭaṃ śamayatyagnirādityāya ma ityete'ṅgirasa eta idaṃ sarvaṃ samāpnuvanti, vāyurāpaścandramā ityete bhṛgava eta idaṃ sarvaṃ samāpyāyantyekameva saṃsthaṃ bhavatīti brāhmaṇam ### [4.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.6-2) vicāro ha vai kābandhiḥ kabandhasyātharvaṇasya putro medhāvī mīmāṃsako'nūcāna āsa, sa ha svenātimānena mānuṣaṃ vittaṃ neyāya, taṃ mātovāca, ta evaitadannamavocaṃsta imameṣu kurupañcāleṣvaṅgamagadheṣu kāśikauśaleṣu śālvamatsyeṣu śavasauśīnareṣūdīceṣvannamadantītyatha vayaṃ tavaivātimāne(2) nānādyāsmo vatsa vāhanamanviccheti sa māturājñayauvanāśvasya sārvabhaumasya rājñaḥ somaṃ prasṛtamājagāma, sa sado'nupraviśyartvijaśca yajamānañcāmantrayāmāsa, tadyāḥ prācyo nadyo vahanti yāśca dakṣiṇācyo yāśca pratīcyo yāśca udīcyastāḥ sarvāḥ pṛthaṅnāmadheyaurityācakṣate, tāsāṃ samudramabhipadyamānānāṃ chidyate nāmadheyaṃ samudra ityācakṣate, evamime sarve vedā nirmitāḥ sakalpāḥ sarahasyāḥ sabrāhmaṇāḥ sopaniṣatkāḥ setihāsāḥ sānvākhyātāḥ sapurāṇāḥ sakharāḥ sasaṃskārāḥ saniruktāḥ sānuśāsanāḥ sānumārjanāḥ savākovākyāsteṣāṃ yajñamabhipadyamānānāṃ kriyate nāmadheyaṃ yajña ityevācakṣate ### [4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.10) bhūmairha vai etadvicchidraṃ devayajanaṃ yadaprākpravaṇaṃ yadanudakpravaṇaṃ yat kṛtrimaṃ yatsamaviṣamamidaṃ ha leva devayajanaṃ yatsamaṃ samūlasavidagdhaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ prāgudakpravaṇaṃ samaṃ samāstīrṇamiva bhavati, yatra brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatāṃ vidyād brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandastanna vindāmo yenottaramemahīti | tān ha papraccha kiṃ vidvān hotā hautraṃ karoti, kiṃ vidvānadhvaryyurādhvaryyavaṃ karoti, kiṃ vidvānudgātodgācaṃ karoti, kiṃ vidvān brahmā brahmatvaṃ karotīti voce chandastanna vindāmo yenottaramemahīti | te brūmo vāgeva hotā haucaṃ karoti vāco hi stomā śca vaṣaṭkārāścābhisampadyante, te brūmo vāgeva hotā vāg brahma vāk deva iti prāṇāpānābhyāmevādhvaryyu rādhvaryyavaṃ karoti, prāṇaiḥ paṇītāni ha bhūtāni prāṇaḥ praṇītāḥ praṇītāste brūmaḥ prāṇāpānāvevādhvaryyū prāṇāpānau brahma prāṇāpānau deva iti | cakṣuṣaivodgātā audgācaṃ karoti cakṣuṣā hīmāni bhūtāni paśyantyatho cakṣurevodgātā cakṣurbrahma cakṣurdeva iti | manasaiva brahmā brahmatvaṃ karoti manasā hi tiryyak ca diśa ūrddhaṃ ca yacca kiñca manasaiva karoti tad brahma te brūmo mana eva brahmā mano brahma mano deva iti ### [4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.11) tadyathā ha vā idaṃ yajamānañca yājayitāraśca divaṃ brūyuḥ pṛthivīti, pṛthivīṃ vāk dyoriti brūyustadanyo nānujānātyetāmevaṃ nānujānāti yadaitad brūyādatha nu kathamiti hotetyeva hotāraṃ brūyādvāgiti vācaṃ, brahmeti brahma, deva iti devamadhvaryyurityevādhvaryyuṃ brūyāt, prāṇāpānāviti prāṇāpānau, brahmeti brahma, deva iti devamudgātetyevodgātāraṃ brūyāccakṣuriti cakṣurbrahmeti brahma, deva iti devaṃ brahmetyeva brahmāṇaṃ brūyānmana iti mano brahmeti brahma deva iti devam ### [4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.12) nānā pravacanāni ha vā etāni bhūtāni bhavanti ye caivāsomapaṃ yājayanti ye ca surāpaṃ ye ca brāhmaṇaṃ vicchinnaṃ somayājinaṃ taṃ prātaḥ samitpāṇaya upodeyurupāyāmo bhavantamiti, kimarthamiti yāniva no bhavāṃstāṃ hyapraśnānapṛcchadyāneva no bhavān vyācakṣoyeti, tatheti tebhya etān praśnān vyācacaṣṭe, tathyena ha vā idaṃ vidyamānañcāvidyamānañcābhinidadhāti tad brahma tathyo veda sa brāhmaṇo'dhīyāno'dhotyācacata iti brāhmaṇam ### [4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.13) athāto devayajanānyātmā devayajanaṃ śraddhā devayajanamṛtvijo devayajanaṃ bhaumaṃ devayajanaṃ tadvā etadātmā devayajanaṃ yadupavyāyacchamāno vā'nupavyāyacchamāno vā śarīramadhivasatyeṣa yanna eṣa yajata etaṃ yajanta etaddevayajanamathaitat śraddhā devayajanaṃ yadaiva kadācidādadhyāt śraddhā tvevainaṃ nātoyāttaddevayajanamathaitadṛlijo devayajanaṃ yaca kvacid brāhmaṇo vidyāvānmantre ṇa karoti tadde vayajanamathaitadbhaumaṃ devayajanaṃ yatrāpastiṣṭhanti yatra syandanti pratadvahantyudvahanti taddevayajanaṃ yatsamaṃ samūlamavidagdhaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ prāgudakpravaṇaṃ samaṃsamāstīrṇamiva bhavati yasya śvabhrakūrmo vṛkṣaḥ parvato nadī panyā vā purastātsyānna devayajanamātraṃ purastātparvvavaśiṣyennottarato'gneḥ paryyu pasīderanniti brāhmaṇam ### [4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.15) aditirvai prajākāmodanamapacat tata ucchiṣṭamaśnāt sā gabbhaṃmadhatta, tata ādityā ajāyanta, ya eṣa odanaḥ pacyata ārambhaṇamevaitat kriyate ākramaṇameva prādeśamācīḥ samidho bhavantyetāvāṃ hyātmā prajāpatinā sammito'gnervai yā yajñiyā tanūraśvatthe tayā samagacchata eṣā svakṛtyā tanūryad ghṛtaṃ, yad ghṛtena samidho anakti tābhyāmevainaṃ tantūbhyāṃ samarddhayati yannirmārgasyāddadhātyavakṝtyā vai vīryyaṃ kriyate yannirmārgasyāddadhātyavakṝtyā eva saṃvatsaro vai prajananamagniḥ prajananametat prajananaṃ yatsaṃvatsara ṛcā'gnau samidhamādadhāti, prajananādevainantat prajanayitā prajanayatyavatyarttave puruṣo(1) na hi taddeda yadattumabhijāyate, yannattucaṃ tadāpnoti, ya eṣa odanaḥ pacyate, yonirevaiṣā kriyate, yatsamidha ādhoyante retastat dhīyate saṃvatsaro vai reto hitaṃ prajāyate, ye saṃvatsare paryyeta'gnimādhatte prajāpatirevainamādhatte, dvādaśasu rātrīṣu purā saṃvatsarasyādheyāttā hi saṃvatsarasya pratimā atho tisṛṣvatho dvayoratho pūrvedyurādheyāt, te vā agnimāddhānenādityā vā ita uttarameṣa me'muṣmiṃlloka āyaṃste pathi rakṣanta iyantadu yacyamāṇaṃ pratinudanta uccheṣaṇabhājā vā ādityā yaducchiṣṭaṃ yaducchiṣṭena samidho anakti tebhya eva provāca tebhya eva procya svargaṃ lokaṃ yanti ### [4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.16) prajāpatiradharvā devaḥ sa tapastaptaitañcātuṣprāśyaṃ brahmodanaṃ niramimata, caturlokaṃ caturddevaṃ caturvedaṃ catuharhotramiti, catvāro vā ime lokāḥ pṛthivyantarikṣaṃ dyaurāpa iti, catvāro vā ime devā agnirvāyurādityaścandramāḥ, catvāro vā ime vedā ṛgvedo yajurvedaḥ sāmavedo brahmaveda dūti, catasro vā dūme hotrā hautramādhvaryyavamaudgātraṃ brahmatvamiti tadapyetadṛcoktam | ca̱tvāri̱ śṛṅgāstrayo̍ asya pādā̱ dve śī̱rṣe sa̱pta hastā̍so asya | tridhā̍ ba̱ddho vṛ̍ṣa̱bho ro̍ravīti ma̱hode̱vo martya̍ṃ āviveśa̱ dūti catvāri śṭaṅgeti vedā vā eta uktāḥ, trayo asya pādā dūti savanānyeva, dve śīrṣa dūti brahmodanapravargyāveva, sapta hastāso asyeti chandāṃ syeva, tridhā baddha dūti mantraḥ kalpo brāhmaṇaṃ, vṛṣabho roravītyeṣa ha vai vṛṣabha eṣa tadroravīti yadyajñe ṣu śastrāṇi śaṃsatyṛgbhiryajurbhiḥ sāmabhirbrahmabhiriti, mahodevo martyāṃ āviveśetyeṣa ha vai mahān devo yadyajña eṣu martyāṃ āviveśa | yo vidyātsapra pravata dūti prāṇānāha sapra vidyātparāvata dūtyapānānāha | śiro yajñasya yo vidyādityetadvai yajñasya śiro yanmantravān brahmodano yo ha vā etamamantravantaṃ brahmodanamupeyādapaśirasā ha vā asya yajñamupeto bhavati tasmānmantravantameva brahmodanamupeyānnāmantravantamiti brāhmaṇam ### [4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.17) kimupayajña ātreyo bhavatītyādityaṃ hi tamo jagrāha, tadatrirapanunnoda tadatriranvapaśyat tadapyetadṛcoktam | su̱tādyamarcirhivamunnināya di̱vitvā'triradhārayat sūryyāmāsāya karttava dūti taṃ hovāca varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti, sa hovāca dakṣiṇīyā me prajā syāditi, tasmādātreyāya prathamadakṣiṇā yajñe dīyanta dūti brāhmaṇam ### [4.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.17.p1) prajāpatirvedānuvāca agnīnādadhīyeti, tāvvāgamyuvācāgnī vai sambhārāṇāmiti, tadghośat krūrātsalitāttvarasa udāninyustān vāgabhyuvācāśvaḥ śamyeteti, tatheti tamṛgveda etyovācāhamaśvaṃ śameyamiti tasmā avissṛmāya mahadbhavaṃ sasṛje, sa etāṃ prācīṃ diśambheje sa hovācāśānto nvayamaśva iti | taṃ yajurveda etyovācāhamaśvaṃ śameyamiti tasmā avissṛptāya mahadbhavaṃ sasṛje, sā etāṃ pratīcīndiśaṃ bheje sa hovācāśānto nvayamaśva iti | taṃ sāmaveda etyovācāhamaśvaṃ śameyamiti, kena nu tvaṃ śamayiṣyasīti, rathantaraṃ nāma me sāmāghorañcākrūrañca tenāśvamabhihūyate tasmāatha vissṛptāya tadeva mahadbhavaṃ sasṛje, sa etāmudīcīndiśambhe je, sa hovācāśānto nvayamaśva iti | tānvāgabhyuvāca śaṃyumātharvaṇaṃ gacchatheti, te śaṃyumātharvaṇamāsīnaṃ prāpyocurnamaste astu bhagavannaśvaṃ śamyeteti | tatheti sa khalu kabandhasyātharvaṇasya putramāmantrayāmāsa vicārinniti, bhago iti hāsmai pratiśrutaṃ pratiśruśrāvāśvaṃ śamye teti, tatheti sa khalu śāntyudakaṃ cakārātharvaṇobhiyāṅgirasobhiyāta nairmātṛnāmabhirvāstoṣpatyairiti śamayati tasya ha snātasyāśvasyābhyucitasya sarvebhyo romaśamarebhyo'ṅgārā āśoryyanta so'śvastuṣṭo namaskāraṃ cakāra namaḥ śaṃyumātharvaṇāya yo mā yajñamacoklṛpaditi, bhaviṣyanti ha vā ato'nye brāhmaṇā laghusabhāratāmāsta ādityasya padaṃ ādhāsyantyanaḍuho vatsasyājasya avaṇasya brahmacāriṇo vā etadvā ādityasya padaṃ yadbhūmistayaiva pada āhitaṃ bhaviṣyatīti so'gnau praṇīyamāne'nvenvārabdhaṃ brahmā yajamānaṃ vācayati yadakrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna ### [4.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.4.17.p2) iti pañca, taṃ brāhmaṇā upavahanti tadbrahmopākurute eṣa ha vai vidvāṃssarvavid brahmā yadbhūgvaṅgiroviditi brāhmaṇam || 18 ### [5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5.18) devāsa ha vā asurāścāsparḍanta te devā indramabruvannivannastāvadyajñaṃ gopāya, yāvadasuraiḥ saṃpatāmahā dūti, sa vai nastena rūpeṇa gopāya yena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi yena śacyasi goptu miti, sa ṛgvedo bhūtvā purastātparītyopātiṣṭhantaṃ devā abruvannanyattadrūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śacyasi goptumiti, sa yajurvedo bhūtvā paścātparītyopātiṣṭhantaṃ devā abruvannanyattadrūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śacyasi goptumiti, sa sāmavedo bhūtvā uttarataḥ parolyopātiṣṭhat taṃ devā abruvannanyadeva tadrūpaṃ kuruṣva naitena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasi naitena śakṣyasi goptumiti, sa indra uṣṇīṣau brahmavedo bhūtvā dakṣiṇataḥ parītyopātiṣṭhantaṃ devā abruvannetattadrūpaṃ kuruṣvai tena no rūpeṇa bhūyiṣṭhaṃ chādayasyetena śakṣyasi goptumiti, tayadindra uṣṇīṣī brahmavedo bhūtvā dakṣiṇataḥ parotyopātiṣṭhattadbrahmā'bhavattadbrahmaṇo brahmatvaṃ tadvā etadatharvvaṇo rūpaṃ yaduṣṇīṣī brahmā, taṃ dakṣiṇato viśvedevā upāsīraṃstaṃ yahakṣiṇato viśvedevā upāsīraṃstatsaṭastho'bhavattatsadasyasya sadasyatvaṃ barleha vā etad balamupajāyate yatsadasya āmayatī vai vrajasya bahutvataraṃ vrajaṃ vinvanti,(1) ghorā vā eṣā digdakṣiṇā śāntā itarāstadyāni stutāni brahyā'numantrayate manasaiba tāni sadasyo janadityetāṃ vyāhṛtiṃ japaṃ cetyātmānaṃ janayati najilyātmānamapile dadhāti, taṃ devā abruvanvaraṃ vṛṇīṣveti vṛṇā3 iti, sa varamavṛṇītāsyāmiva māṃ hotrāyāmindrabhūtaṃ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsantaḥ tiṣṭheyuriti taṃ tasyāmiva hotrāyāmindrabhūtaṃ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsanto'tiṣṭhaṃstaṃ yattasyāmiva hotrāyāmindrabhūtaṃ punantaḥstuvantaḥ śaṃsantastiṣṭhaṃstadbrāhmaṇācchaṃsyabhavattadbrāhmaṇācchaṃsino brāhmaṇacchaṃsitvaṃ saipendrī hotrā yad brāhmaṇācchaṃsīyā, dvitīyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti vṛṇī3 iti sa varamavṛṇītāsyāmeva māṃ hotrāyāṃ vāyubhūtaṃ punantastudantaḥ śaṃsantastiṣṭheyuriti taṃ tasyāmeva hotrāyāṃ vāyubhūtaṃ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsanto'tiṣṭhaṃstaṃyattasyāmeva hotrāyāṃ vāyubhūtaṃ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsantastiṣṭhaṃstat potā' bhavattat potuḥ potṛtvaṃ saiṣā vāyavyā hotrā yat potriyā, tṛtīyaṃ varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti vṛṇī3 iti sa varamavṛṇītāsyāmeva māṃ hotrāyāmagnibhūtamindhānāḥ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsantastiṣṭheyuriti tantasyāmeva hotrāyāmagnibhūtamindhānāḥ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsanto'tiṣṭhaṃstaṃ yattasyāmeva hotrāyāmagnibhūtamindhānāḥ punantastuvantaḥ śaṃsantastiṣṭhaṃstadāgnīdhro'bhavattadāgnīdhrasyāgnīdhratvaṃ saiṣāgneyī hotrā yadāgnīdhrīyeti brāhmaṇam ### [5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5.20) brāhmaṇo ha vā imamagniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ babhāra | so'yamagnirvaiśvānaro brāhmaṇena bhriyamāṇa(1) imāṃllokān janayate'thāyamīkṣate'gnirjātavedā brāhmaṇadvitīyo ha vā ayamidamagnirvaiśvānaro jvalati hantāhaṃ yanmayi teja indriyaṃ vīryyantaddarśayāmyuta vai mā bibhriyāditi, sa ātmānamāpyāyayettaṃ payodhoktamimaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvā''tmanyajuhot sadvitīyamātmānamāpyāyayettaṃ ghṛtamadhoktamimaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvā ātmanyajuhot, sa tṛtīyamātmānamāpyāyayettadidaṃ viśvaṃ vikṛtamavāyamadhoktamimaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ darśayitvā''tmanyajuhot, sa caturthamātmānamāpyāyayettena brāhmaṇasya jāyāṃ virājamapaśyat tāmasmai prāyacchat sa ātmā apitvamabhavattata imamagniṃ vaiśvānaraṃ parāsyurbrahmaṇo'gniṃ jātavedasamadhatta, so'yamabravīt agne jātavedo adhinidhehi mehīti tasya haitaṃ nāmādhattāghoraṃ cākrūrañca, so'śvo'bhavattasmādaśvo vaheta rathaṃ na bhavati(1) pṛṣṭhena sādinaṃ, sa devānāgacchatsa devebhyo'nvātiṣṭhat tasmāddevā abibhayustaṃ brahmaṇe prāyacchattametayarcā'śamayat ### [5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5.21) agniṃ tvādvaiśvānaraṃ sadanān pradahanvagāḥ | sano devatrādhibrūhi māriṣāmā vayantaveti tametābhiḥ pañcabhirṛgbhirupākurute yadakrandaḥ prathamaṃ jāyamāna iti so'śāmyattasmādaśvaḥ paśūnāṃ jighatsuratamo bhavati vaiśvānaro hyeṣa tasmādagniḥ padamaśvaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti brahmaṇe hi prattantasya rasamapoḍayat sa raso'bhavadraso ha vā eṣa taṃ vā etaṃ rasaṃ santaṃ ratha ityācakṣate, parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā iva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ | sa devānāgacchat sa devebhyo'nvātiṣṭhattasmāddevā abibhayustaṃ brahmaṇe prāyacchattametayarcā''jyāhutyā'bhyajuhodindrasyaujò marutāmanīkamiti rathamabhihutvā tametayarcā'tiṣṭhad vanaspate vīḍvaṅgo hi bhūyā iti tasmādāgnyādheyikaṃ rathaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasya takṣāṇastanūjyeṣṭhāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ niramimata | tāṃ pañcasvapaśyadṛci yajuṣi sāmni śānte'tha ghore tāsāṃ dve brahmaṇe prāyacchadvācaṃ ca jyotiśca, vāgvai dhenuryyotirhiraṇyaṃ tasmādāgnyādheyikāṃ cātuṣprāśyāṃ dhenuṃ brahmaṇe dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattā paśuṣu śāmyamāneṣu cakṣurhāpayanti cakṣureva tadātmani dhatte yadvai cakṣustaddhiraṇyaṃ tasmādāgnyādheyikaṃ hiraṇyaṃ brahmaṇe dadāti, brahmaṇe hi prattaṃ tasyātmannadhatta tena prājvaladyad yannādhatta tadāglā'bhavattadāglā bhūtvā sā samudraṃ prāviśatsā samudramadahattasmātsamudro durgirapi vaiśvānareṇa hi dagdhaḥ sā pṛthivīmudaitsā pṛthivīṃ vyadahatsā devāṃnāgacchatsā devānahiḍatte devā brahmāṇamupādhāvan sa naivāgāyannānṛtyat saiṣāglaiṣā kāruvidā nāma taṃ vā etamāglāhṛtaṃ santamāglāṣṭadha ityācakṣate, parokṣeṇa parokṣapriyā dūva hi devā bhavanti pratyakṣadviṣaḥ | ya eṣa brāhmaṇo gāyano vā narttano vā bhavati tamāglāṣṭadha ityācakṣate, tasmād brāhmaṇo naiva gāyennānṛtyenmāglāṣṭadhaḥ syāttasmād brāhmā pūrvaṃ haviraparaṃ prājāpatyaṃ prājāpatyāt brāhmāmevottamamiti brāhmaṇam ### [5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5.22) atharvāṇañca ha vā āṅgirasañca bhṛgucakṣuṣī tad brahmābhivyapaśyaṃstadajānanvayaṃ vā idaṃ sarvaṃ yadbhagvaṅgirasa iti | te devā brāhmaṃ haviryyasāntapane'gnāvajuhavuretadvai brāhmaṃ haviryyatsāntapane'gnau hūyate, eṣa ha vai sāntapano'gniryyad brāhmaṇastasyorjjāyojjāṃ devā abhajanta sumanasa eva svadhāṃ pitaraḥ śraddhayā svargaṃ lokaṃ brāhmaṇāstena sunvantyubhayo'ntataḥ striyaḥ kevala ātmanyavārundhata vāhyā ubhayena sunvanti, yadvai yanne brāhmaṃ havirna nirūpyetānṛjavaḥ prājāpatyahaviṣo manuṣyā jāyerannaso yāṃllokān sṛṇviti pitā hyeṣa āhavanoyasya gārhapatyasya dakṣiṇāmneryo'gnihotraṃ juhotīti, devā priye dhāmani madanti teṣāmeṣo'gniḥ sāntapanaśreṣṭho bhavyetasya vāci tṛptāyāmagnistṛpyati, prāṇe tṛpte vāyustṛpyati, cakṣuṣī tṛpta ādityastṛpyati, manasi tṛpte candramāstṛpyati, śrotre tṛpte diśaścāntaddeśāśca tṛpyanti, sneheṣu tṛpteṣvāpastṛpyanti, lomeṣu tṛpteṣvoṣadhivanaspatayastṛpyanti, śarīre tṛpte pṛthivo tṛpyatyevameṣo'gniḥ sāntapanaḥ śreṣṭhastṛptaḥ sarvāstṛptāṃstarpayatīti brāhmaṇam ### [5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.atharvavedabrahmana.5.23) sāntapanā idaṃ havirityeṣa ha vai sāntapano'gniryad brāhmaṇo yasya garbhādhānapuṃsavanasīmantonnayanajātakarmanāmakaraṇaniṣkramaṇānnaprāśanagodānacūr̤ākaraṇopanayanāplavanāgnihotravratacaryyādīni kṛtāni bhavanti, sa sāntapano'tha yo'yamanagnikaḥ sa kumbhe loṣṭaḥ, tadyathā kumbhe loṣṭaḥ prakṣipto naiva śaucārthāya kalpate naiva śasyaṃ nirvarttayatyevamevāyaṃ brāhmaṇo'nagnikastasya brāhmaṇasyānagnikasya naiva daivaṃ dadyānna pitryaṃ na cāsya svādhyāyāśiṣo na yajña āśiṣaḥ svargaṅgamā bhavanti tadapyetadṛcoktam | agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe hotāraṃ viśvavedasaṃ asya yajñasya sukratumiti brāhmaṇam _First 65 of 286 passages. 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