Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 26

Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 26

Language: Sanskrit

26.1

yataḥ purā prajāpatiḥ khalvetat prasiddhaṃ sahasrasaṃvatsaram | saṃvatsaraśabdo dinaparaḥ | śatāyuḥ puruṣaḥ (tai. saṃ 3. 2. 6. 3) iti śruteḥ sahasrasaṃvatsaraṃ jīva[nasya] manuṣyasya kasyāpya[saṃ]bhāvāt | gandharvādīnāṃ sahasrasaṃvatsarajīvane'pi teṣāmanurūpasaṃhārādyasāmarthyānnādhikāraḥ | na ca yo māsaḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ ( ) iti darśanāt saṃvatsaraśabdo māsapara iti śaṅkanīyam | tatrāpi ādhānādūrdhvaṃ sahasramāsajīvanāsambhavāt | nāpi saṃvatsarapratimā vai dvādaśarātra iti prayogāt dvādaśarātraparatā saṃvatsaraśabdasyeti śaṅkanīyam | pratimāviśeṣaṇatvenaivātra saṃvatsaraśabdasya prayogāt | na tu
dvādaśarātreṣu prayogā iti | ataḥ sahasradivasasādhyaṃ satramasṛjatetyarthaḥ | sṛṣṭvā ca prajāpatiḥ teṣāmupasannānāṃ devānāmurthe sahasrasaṃvatsaraṃ satraṃ gavāmayane ekasaṃvatsarasādhye satre avārundhat nyarautsīt | tacca gavāmayanaṃ dvādaśāhe saṃsthāyajñe avārundhadityanuṣaṅgaḥ | evamanyadapi vyākhyeyam | tasmāt agnihotre sarvasyāpyavarodhāt agnihotramātreṇa sarvairyajñakratubhiriṣṭaṃ bhavatīti siddhamityarthaḥ |
iti śrīsāyaṇācāryaviracite mādhavīye sāmavedārthaprakāśe ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇe pañcamādhyāye dvitīyaḥ khaṇḍaḥ |
athedānīmaudumbarī saviśeṣā nirūpyate | tatra audumbaryā ucchrayaṇaṃ vidhātuṃ praśaṃsati—
purā prajāpatirdevebhyaḥ svīye yāge asuṣiramūlām acchidramūlām agranthiṃ granthirahitāṃ pṛthubudhnāṃ sthūlamūlām ekajām anekaśākhārahitām audumbarīmucchrayati | ata etādṛgaudumbaryā ucchrayaṇaṃ praśastamityarthaḥ |
kiyatparimāṇamaudumbaryā ityatrāha—

26.2

audumbarī yajamānasaṃmitā bhavatītyarthaḥ | tathā ca śrutyantaram— yajamānena saṃmitaudumbarī bhavati (tai. saṃ 6. 2. 10. 3) iti |
yadi kubjādayo yajamānāstadā kathamityāśaṅkyāha—

26.3

kubjo nāma kuṇahrasvaḥ | vāmano nāma atihrasvasarvāṅgaḥ | hrasvāśca, hrasvo nāma śāstroktapramāṇāpekṣayā, bhaveyustarhi
praśnapūrvakamaudumbaryā yāgaviśeṣe chadanasaṃkhyāviśeṣaṃ darśayati—

26.4

26.5

yaḥ pumānevam audumbarīvartmān veda | viditvā ca yathoktāmaudumbarīṃ yat yadocchrayati tadā apacitiṃ pūjām āpnoti |
atha yathoktaudumbaryucchrayaṇasyāpacitisādhanatāmākhyāyikopapādayati-

26.6

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