Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 19.2

19.2

abhicaran bhrātṛvyahiṃsāṃ kartukāma etena śyenena yajeta śyenanāmadheyena yāgena bhrātṛvyahiṃsāṃ bhāvayedityarthaḥ | nanu bhavedevaṃ yadi śyenaśabdaḥ karmanāmadheyaṃ syāt | na tvevam | pakṣiviśeṣe'tyantarūḍhatvāt | ato jyotiṣṭomādau guṇavidhiḥ | yadyapi tatrotpattiśiṣṭaṃ somādidravyamasti, tathāpi kāmyatvādū anena tasya bādhaḥ | godohaneneva camasasya | athavā śyenaviśiṣṭaṃ karmāntaramatra vidhīyate | śyenavatā yajateti matvarthalakṣaṇāpi śreyasī | yadyapi yathā śyena ādadītetyādivākyaśeṣapratipāditasādṛśyena karmaṇi gauṇī vṛttiḥ śyenaśabdasya saṃbhavati tathāpyasyāḥ atyantaviprakṛṣṭatvāt
svārthaparityāgena śrutibādhitavyeti ca matvarthalakṣaṇaiva yuktā | ataḥ somena yajetetyasminnapi gaurave gatyabhāvādviśiṣṭaḥ vidhireveti | tadanupapannam | guṇavidhiparatve ya eva guṇo vidhīyate sa eva stotavyaḥ iti śyenadravyaviśeṣasyaiva stutiḥ syāt na cātra yathā śyena ādadītetyādivākyaśeṣe tasya stutiḥ | svenaiva svasyopamānena stuterayuktatvāt | atastadvyapadeśādvākyaśeṣanairarthakyaparihārāya viprakṛṣṭārthenāpi gauṇyā vṛttyā śyenaśabdaḥ karmaṇi vartate | ataḥ sa(ga?)tisaṃbhave gauravāt somādivat viśiṣṭavidhyaṅgīkaraṇamayuktam | ityalamratiprasaṅgena | ataḥ śyenanāmadheyena yāgena śatruhiṃsāṃ bhāvayedityayamevārthaḥ |
śyenaśabdasya yāge pravṛttiṃ darśayituṃ prasiddhaśyenasādṛśyena yāgaṃ stauti—
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