[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) › [Rigvedabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana) › 2 # Rigvedabrahmana 2 Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa 2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.1) iti prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ gharmo vā eṣa pravṛjyate yadagnihotraṃ tadasau vai gharmo yo 'sau tapatyetameva tatprīṇāti sa vai sāyaṃ ca prātaśca juhotyagnaye sāyaṃ sūryāya prātaḥ sauryaṃ vā ahrarāgneyī rātrirmukhata eva tadahorātre prīṇāti payasā juhuyādeṣa ha vai sarvāsāmoṣadhīnāṃ raso yatpayaḥ sarvaireva tadrasairaprīṇatprīṇāti tadu vā ājyaṃrdaśanastvaiva juhuyātsarvaṃ vā idamagnerannaṃ. svenaiva tadannenāgnīnprīṇātīti gārhapatye 'dhiśrityāhavanīye juhuyāccaṣaṇo vai gārhapatya āhavana āhavanīyastasmādgārhapatye 'dhiśrityāhavanīye juhuyād dvyantānaṅgārānkarotīmāveva tallokau vitārayati tasmādbhīmau lokau saha santau nānevātha yadadhiśrityāvadyotayati¹ śrapayatyevainattadatha yadapaḥ pratyānayatyāpaḥ kṛtsnāni ha vai sarvāṇi havīṃṣi bhavanti haviṣa eva kṛtsnatāyā atha yatpunaravadyotayatya'pa eva tacchṛpayati trirupasādmudgagghomīyamudvāsayati traividhyāya trivṛddhi devakarmānucchindanniva² harettathā ha yajamāno 'pracyāvuko bhavatyathopaveṣeṇa daddiṇato 'ṅgārānupaspṛśati namo devebhya iti na hi namaskāramati devāḥ supratyūḍhānaṅgārāmpratyūhettathā hāsya nāntamacāriṇī cana naśyati caturunnayeccatuṣṭayaṃ vā idaṃ sarvamasyaiva sarvasyāptyai pañcakṛtva unnayetpāṅkto vai yajño yajñasyaivāptyai ### [2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.2) upasado 'gnihotre veditavyā unnīyottareṇa gārhapatyamupasādayati tadimaṃ lokamāpnotyāhavanīye hoṣyanddhitīyaṃ tadantarikṣalokamāpnoti hutvā tṛtīyaṃ tadamuṃ lokamāpnoti pālāśīṃ samidhamabhyādadhāti somo vai palāśaḥ sā prathamā somāhutiḥ prādeśamātrī bhavati prādeśamātraṃ hīma ātmano 'bhi³ prāṇā dvyaṅgulaṃ samidho 'tihṛtyānudṛbhannivvābhijuhoti dvyaṅgule vā idaṃ mukhasyānnaṃ dhīyate dhūmāyantyāṃ grāmakāmasya juhuyājjvalantyāṃ brahmavarcasakāmasyāṅgāreṣu paśukāmasyābhādhāyeti kheva sthitamatra hyevaite sarve kāmā upāpyanta ityubhe āhutī hutvā japati yā yajñasya samṛddhasyāśīḥ sā me samṛdhyatāmiti yā vai yajñasya samṛddhasyāśīḥ sā yajamānasya bhavatyuttarāvatīrāhutīrjuhuyāduttarottareṇa eva tatsvargām̐llokānāpnoti sruco bughnenāṅgārānupaspṛśati svarga eva talloke yajamānaṃ dadhāti dvirudīcīṃ srucamudyacchati rudrameva tatsvāyāṃ diśi prītvāvasṛjati tasmādbhūyamānasyottarato na tiṣṭhennedetasyāghalasya devasya pariprādhai 'sānīti tāsuttarataḥ sāyamapamārṣṭi pratīcīmādityaṃ tadsaṃ nayati dakṣiṇata ūrdhvā prātarādityaṃ tadunnayati yatpūrvamupamārṣṭi tatkūrce nilimpatyoṣadhīstena prīṇāti yaddvitīyaṃ taddakṣiṇena kūrcamuttānaṃ pāṇiṃ nidadhāti pitṝṃstena prīṇātyatha yaddbhiḥ pradeśinyā prāśnāti garbhānnūpūrveṇa prīṇāti tasmādanaśnanto garbhāḥ prāṇanti vayāṃsyuttareṇa tasmādvayāṃsi baṅga kiṃca kiṃcidiva bhakṣayanti śvetamiva prasnāpayantya1tha yatsrucā bhakṣayati bhūtaṃ ca tena bhavyaṃ ca prīṇātyatha yatsrucaṃ nirleḍhi sarpadevajanāṃstena prīṇātyatha yatsrucaṃ mārjayate rakṣodevajanāṃstena prīṇātyatha yatprāgudīcīra2pa utsiñcati gandharvāpsarasastena prīṇātyatha yatprāgudīcīṃ 3 srucamuddiśati rudrameva tatsvāyāṃ diśi dadhātyevamagnihotreṇa sarvāṇi bhūtāni prīṇāti ### [2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.3) āhavanīya eva juhuyāditi haika āhuḥ sarveṣu tveva juhuyādgomāya hyeta ādhīyante catasro gārhapatye catasro 'nvāhāryapacane dve āhavanīye tā daśa saṃpadyante daśadaśinī virāṭ śrīrvirāḍannādyaṃ śriyo virājo 'nnādyasyopāptyai sa ya evaṃ virāṭsaṃpannamagnihotraṃ juhoti sarvānkāmānāpnoti ### [2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.4) atha yaddhutvāgnīnupatiṣṭhate prītvaiva taddeveṣvantato 'rthaṃ vadate yadvaiva vatsaṃ spṛśati tasmādvātsapraṃ tathā ha yajamānātpaśavo 'nutkrāmukā bhavantyatha yadapa ācamya vrataṃ visṛjate 'psveva tadvrataṃ dadhāti tā asya vrataṃ gopāyantyā punahoṃmāt ### [2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.5) atha yatpravatsyaṃśca proṣivāṃścāgnīnupatiṣṭhate 'bhivādo haiṣa devatāyai yadutkāśaṃ bhavatyatho 'gnibhya evaitadātmānaṃ paridadāti ye cainamanvañco bhavanti ### [2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.6) atha yadarakhyoragnīntsamārohayate devaratho vā araṇī devaratha evaināṃstatsamārohayate sa etena devarathena svasti svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnute yadveva punaḥ punarnirmanthyate teno haivāsya punarādheyamupāptaṃ bhavati ### [2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.7) ye vai kecānandā anne pāne mithune rājyā eva te saṃtatā avyavacchinnāḥ kriyante teṣāṃ rātriḥ kārotaro ya u vai kecānandā annādeva te sarve jāyante te devā abruvankathaṃ nvimānvayamānandānasmādṛśasyaiva pratigṛhṇīyāmeti te 'pāmūrdhvaṃ rasamudauhaṃstā oṣadhayaśca vanaspatayaśca samabhavannoṣadhīnāṃ ca vanaspatīnāṃ cordhvaṃ rasamudauhaṃstatphalamabhavatphalasyordhvaṃ rasamudauhaṃstadannamabhavadannasyordhvaṃ rasamudauhaṃstadreto 'bhavadretasa ūrdhvaṃ rasamudauhansa puruṣo 'bhavatso 'yaṃ puruṣo ya̍tprāṇiti vāpāniti vā na tatprāṇena nāpānenāheti prāṇiṣaṃ vāpāniṣaṃ veti vācaiva tadāha tatprāṇāpānau vācamapīto vāṅmayau bhavato 'tha yaccakṣuṣā paśyati na taccakṣuṣāhetyadrākṣamiti vācaiva tadāha taccakṣurvācamapyeti vāṅmayaṃ bhavatyatha yacchrotreṇa śṛṇoti na tacchrotreṇāhetyaśrauṣamiti vācaiva tadāha tacchrotraṃ vācamapyeti vāṅmayaṃ bhavatyatha yanmanasā saṃkalpayate na tanmanasāheti samacīklṛpamiti vācaiva tadāha tanmano vācamapyeti vāṅmayaṃ bhavatyatha yadaṅgaiḥ suśīmaṃ vā duḥśīmaṃ vā spṛśati na tadaṅgairāheti suśīmaṃ vā duḥśīmaṃ vāsprākṣamiti vācaiva tadāha tatsarva ātmā vācamapyeti vāṅmayo bhavati tadetadṛcābhyuditaṃ nendrādṛte pavate dhāma kiṃcaneti vāgvā indro na hyṛte vācaḥ pavate dhāma kiṃcana sa vai sāyaṃ juhoti ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.8) agnirjyotirjyotiragniriti taṃ jyotiḥ santaṃ jyotirityāha sa satyaṃ vadati tasyāyaṃ vāṅmaya ātmā satyamayo bhavati satyamayā u devā atha svāheti juhoti tasyaitāṃ devāḥ satyañjatasyāhutiṃ pratigṛhṇanti rātryā u śīrṣṇansatyaṃ vadati sa yadiha vā api tata ūrdhvaṃ mṛṣā vadati satyaṃ haivāsyoditaṃ bhavati rātryā u hi śīrṣantasatyaṃ vadatyatha prātarjuhoti sūryo jyotirjyotiḥ sūrya iti taṃ jyotiḥ santaṃ jyotirityāha sa satyaṃ vadati tasyāyaṃ vāṅmaya ātmā satyamayo bhavati satyamayā u devā atha svāheti juhoti tasyaitāṃ devāḥ satyakṛtasyāhutiṃ pratigṛhṇantyahra u śīrṣantasatyaṃ vadati sa yadiha vā api tata ūrdhvaṃ mṛṣā vadati satyaṃ haivāsyoditaṃ bhavatyahna u hi śīrṣantasatyaṃ vadati sa vā eṣo 'gnirudyatyāditya ātmānaṃ juhotyasāvastaṃ¹ yantsāye 'gnāvātmānaṃ juhoti rātrirevāhnijuhotyaho rātryāṃ prāṇa evāpāne juhotyapānaḥ prāṇe tāni vā etāni ṣaḍ juhvatyanyonya ātmānaṃ yo ha vā etāni ṣaḍ juhvati vedājuhvata evāsya hutaṃ bhavati juhvata evāsya dvirhutaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ veda sa yadiha vā api suriśāde²vaṃvidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti prati haivāsyaite āhutī devā gṛhṇanti yasyo ha vā api devāḥ sakṛdaśnanti tata eva so 'mṛtaḥ satyamayo ha vā amṛtamayaḥ saṃbhavati ya evaṃ veda tadyathā ha vai śraddhādevasya satyavādinastapasvino hutaṃ bhavatyevaṃ haivāsya hutaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti tasmādevaṃvidagnihotraṃ juhuyāditi ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2.9) udite hotavyā3manudita iti mīmāṃsante sa ya udite juhoti pravasata evaitanmahate devāyātithyaṃ karotyatha yo 'nudite juhoti saṃnihitāyaivaitanmahate devāyātithyaṃ karoti tasmādanudite hotavyaṃ tadvāpi vṛṣaśuṣmo vātāvataḥ³ pūrveṣāmeko jīrṇiḥ śayāno rātryāmevobhe āhutī hūyamāne dṛṣṭvovāca rātryāmevobhe āhutī juhvatīti rātryāṃ hīti sa hovāca vaktāsmo nveva yamamuṃ lokaṃ paretya pitṛbhyo 'tho enaṃ na⁴ śraddhātāro yaddevaitadubhayedyuragnihotramahūyatānyedyurvā tadetarhi hūyate rātryāmevetyetadeva kumārī gandharvagṛhītovāca rātryāmevobhe āhutī juhvatīti rājyāṃ hīti 1 sā hovāca saṃdhau juhuyātsamudro ha vā eṣa sarvaharo yadahorātre tasya haite gādhe tīrthe yatsaṃdhye 2 tadyathā gādhābhyāṃ tīrthābhyāṃ samudramatīyāttādṛktadyatsaṃdhau juhotyatho devasenā ha vā eṣādhvagā haniṣyantī 3 yadahorātre tasyā haite pakṣasī yatsaṃdhye 2 tadyathā pakṣābhyāṃ kṣipramadhvānamanviyāttādṛktadyatsaṃdhau juhotyatho mṛtyorha vā etau brājabāhū yadahorātre tadyathā brājabaṅgbhyāṃ parijighṛkṣīṣyannantareṇātimucyeta tādṛktadyatsaṃdhau juhoti tadu ha smāha kauṣītakiḥ sāyamastamite purā tamasastasminkāle juhuyātsa devayānaḥ ketustamevārabhya svasti svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnute prātaḥ purodayādapahate tamasi tasminkāle juhuyātsa devayānaḥ ketustamevārabhya svasti svargaṃ lokaṃ samaśnute 'tho yo 'to 'nyathāgnihotraṃ juhoti śyāmaśabalau hāsyāgnihotraṃ vikhidato 4 'harvai śabalo rātriḥ śyāmaḥ sa yo mahārātre juhoti śyāmo hāsyāgnihotraṃ vikhidaty 5tha yo mahāhre juhoti śabalo hāsyāgnihotraṃ vikhidati 5 tadvai khalu yadaiva kadācana juhuyāddhutasamṛddhimevopāsīteti jñuta·samṛddhimevopāsīteti ## Linked texts (4) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.2.1.19) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Gopathabrāhmaṇa (ed. Gaastra 1919)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.gopatha*gaastra.1.3.12_12) — Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Śrautakośa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.srautakosa.1.p127) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.2) · Pramāṇa