[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) › 3.5 # Rigvedabrahmana 3.5 Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa 3.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3.5) atha yatpaurṇamāsyāṃ vārtraghnāvājyabhāgau bhavataḥ paurṇamāsena vā indro vṛtramahannatha yadamāvāsyāyāṃ vṛdhanvantau kṣayaṃ vā atra candro gacchati tamevaitadāpyāyayati taṃ vardhayati tau vai juṣāṇayājyau bhavataḥ samāna²haviṣau hi prayājairbhavato 'tho brahma vai juṣāṇo brahmauva taddevebhyo haviḥ prayacchati tau vai trivṛtau bhavato yeyajāmaho nigado vaṣaṭkāraścaturvā ājyabhāgau trivṛdvai cakṣuḥ śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ lohitamiti tau na paśau na some karoti paśunā vai cakṣuṣmānadhvaro neccaturakṣaṃ bībhatsamadhvaraṃ karavāṇītyatha yadāvatyo hūtavatyaḥ puronuvākyā bhavanti pravatyaḥ prattavatyo yājyā klṛptaiva taddevebhyo haviḥ prayacchati tā vai gāyatrītriṣṭubho bhavanti brahma vai gāyatrī kṣatraṃ triṣṭubbrahmakṣatrābhyāmeva taddevebhyo haviḥ prayacchatyatho etāvānvai chandaso vikāraḥ sarveṇaiva tacchandaso vikāreṇa devebhyo haviḥ prayacchatyṛgante vaṣaṭkaroti tathā hāsya sarvā yājyā rūpavatyo bhavanti ṣaḍiti vaṣaṭkaroti ṣaḍvā ṛtava ṛtūneva tatprīṇāti bārhatarathantaraṃ vaṣaṭkuryātpurastāddīrghamupariṣṭāddhrasvaṃ yaddhrasvaṃ tadrathantaraṃ yaddīrghaṃ tadbṛhadatho iyaṃ vai rathantaramasau bṛhadanayoreva tatpratitiṣṭhatyatho etāvānvai vāco vikāraḥ sarveṇaiva tadvāco vikāreṇa devebhyo haviḥ prayacchati bhūrbhuva iti purastādyeyajāmahasya japatyojaḥ sahaḥ saha ojaḥ svarityupariṣṭādvaṣaṭkārasya vajro vai vaṣaṭkārastamevaitacchamayati purastāccopariṣṭāccātho ete eva vaṣaṭkārasya priyatame tanū yadaujaśca sahaśca tābhyāmevainaṃ tacchamayati - [Previous: 3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3.4) - [Next: 3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3.6) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3) ## Linked texts (3) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.3.6.8) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.1.2.19) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.3.6) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.3.5) · Pramāṇa