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# Mantrabrahmana 2.8

Mantrabrāhmaṇa 2.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.1)

arhaṇā putravāsa  
sā dhenur abhavad yame /  
sā naḥ payasvatī duhā  
uttarāmuttarām̐ samām //

### [2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.2)

idam aham imāṃ padyām̐ virājam  
annādyāyādhitiṣṭhāmi //

### [2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.3)

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr  
bahvīḥ śatavicakṣaṇāḥ /  
tā mahyam asminn āsane  
acchidrāḥ śarma yacchata //

### [2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.4)

yā oṣadhīḥ somarājñīr  
viṣṭhitāḥ pṛthivīm anu /  
tā mahyam asminn āsane  
acchidrāḥ śarma yacchata //

### [2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.5)

yato devīḥ pratipaśyāmy āpas  
tato mā rāddhir āgacchatu //

### [2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.6)

savyaṃ pādam avanenije  
'smin rāṣṭre śriyaṃ dadhe //

### [2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.7)

dakṣiṇaṃ pādam avanenije  
'smin rāṣṭre śriyam āveśayāmi //

### [2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.8)

pūrvam anyam aparam anyam ubhau pādāv avanenije  
rāṣṭrasya rddhyā abhayasyāvaruddhyai //

### [2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.9)

annasya rāṣṭrir asi  
rāṣṭrir ahaṃ bhūyāsam /

### [2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.10)

yaśo 'si yaśo mayi dhehi //

### [2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.11)

yaśaso yaśo 'si //

### [2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.12)

yaśaso bhakṣo 'si  
mahaso bhakṣo 'si  
śrībhakṣo 'si  
śriyaṃ mayi dhehi // svāhā //

### [2.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.13)

muñca gām̐ varuṇa pāśād  
dviṣantaṃ me 'bhidhehi  
taṃ jahy amuṣya cobhayor  
utsṛja gām attu tṛṇāni pibatūdakam //

### [2.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra.2.8.14)

mātā rudrānāṃ duhitā vasūnām̐  
svasādityānām amṛtasya nābhiḥ /  
pra ṇu vocaṃ cikituṣe janāya  
mā gām anāgām aditim̐ vadhiṣṭa //  
(om ut sṛjata) //

## Commentaries (2)

- [Padapāṭha (sandhi-resolved text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!padapatha.2.8.1) — Sanskrit
- [Chāndogyamantrabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.mantra!gunavisnu) — Guṇaviṣṇu, Sanskrit

## Linked texts (7)

- [Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa (ed. Durgamohan Bhattacharyya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.chandogya*bhattacharyya1958.16.1) — Sanskrit
- [Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.samaveda.gobhila.4.10.2) — Gobhila, Sanskrit
- [Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavedabrahmananyastau.276.1) — Sanskrit
- [Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa / Mantrabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.chandogyabrahmanamantrabrahmana.17.1) — Sanskrit
- [Mantras in Gobhilagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.samaveda.gobhila.mantrasingobhilagrhyasutra.18.1-2) — Sanskrit
- [Mantrabrāhmaṇa or Upaniṣadbrāhmaṇa or Chāndogyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.other.mantrabrahmanaorupanisadbrahmanaorchandogyabrahmana.18.1-2) — Sanskrit
- [Sāyaṇabhāṣya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.other.sayanabhasya.11.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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