Samavidhi 1.3

1.3

1 8. tayo'sau kruṣṭatama iva sāmnaḥ svarastaṃ devā
upajīvanti | yo'vareṣāṃ prathamastaṃ manuṣyā yo dvitīyastaṃ
gandharvāpsaraso yastṛtīyastaṃ paśavo yaścaturthastaṃ pitaro ye
cāṇḍeṣu śerate yaḥ pañcamastamasurarakṣāṃsi yo'ntya5 stamoṣadhayo vanaspatayo yaccānyajjagat | tasmādāhuḥ
sāmaivānnamiti | sāma hyeṣāmupajīvanaṃ prāyacchat
yo ['sau] kruṣṭatama iva,
svarastaṃ devā upajīvanti | yo'vareśāṃ
prathamastaṃ
manuṣyā upajīvanti | dvitīyaṃ gandharvā [psarasaḥ]
tṛtīyaṃ paśavo
caturthaṃ pitaro ye cāṇḍeṣu śerate
dvijā jantavaste caturthamupajīvanti | pañcamamasurarakṣām̐si
copajīvanti | yo'ntyo'tisvāryastamoṣadhayo vanaspatayaścopajīvanti
9. upajīvanīyo bhavati ya evaṃ veda