Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa ("of a hundred paths") 1.2.5

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 1.2.5

Language: Sanskrit

1.2.5.1

devāśca vā asurāśca | ubhaye prājāpatyāḥ paspṛdhire tato devā anuvyamivāsuratha hāsurā menire 'smākamevedaṃ khalu bhuvanamiti

1.2.5.2

te hocuḥ | hantemām pṛthivīṃ vibhajāmahai tāṃ vibhajyopajīvāmeti tāmaukṣṇaiścarmabhiḥ paścātprāñco vibhajamānā abhīyuḥ

1.2.5.3

tadvai devāḥ śuśruvuḥ | vibhajante ha vā imāmasurāḥ pṛthivīm preta tadeṣyāmo yatremāmasurā vibhajante ke tataḥ syāma yadasyai na bhajemahīti te yajñameva viṣṇum puraskṛtyeyuḥ

1.2.5.4

te hocuḥ | anu no 'syām pṛthivyāmābhajatāstveva no 'pyasyām bhāga iti te hāsurā asūyanta ivocuryāvadevaiṣa viṣnurabhiśete tāvadvo dadma iti

1.2.5.5

vāmano ha viṣnurāsa | taddevā na jihīḍire mahadvai no 'durye no yajñasaṃmitamaduriti

1.2.5.6

te prāñcaṃ viṣṇuṃ nipādya | candobhirabhitaḥ paryagṛhṇangāyatreṇa tvā candasā parigṛhṇāmīti dakṣiṇatastraiṣṭubhena tvā candasā parigṛhṇāmīti paścājjāgatena tvā candasā parigṛhṇāmītyuttarataḥ

taṃ candobhirabhitaḥ parigṛhya | agnim purastātsamādhāya tenārcantaḥ śrāmyantaścerustenemāṃ sarvām pṛthivīṃ samavindanta tadyadenenemāṃ sarvāṃ samavindanta tasmādvedirnāma tasmādāhuryāvatī vedistāvatī pṛthivītyetayā hīmāṃ sarvāṃ samavindantaivaṃ ha vā imāṃ sarvāṃ sapatnānāṃ samvṛṅkte nirbhajatyasyai sapatnānya evametadveda 1.2.5[[.]]8 so 'yaṃ viṣṇurglānaḥ | candobhirabhitaḥ parigṛhīto 'gniḥpurastānnāpakramaṇamāsa sa tata evauṣadhīnām mūlānyupamumloca

1.2.5.9

te ha devā ūcuḥ | kva nu viṣṇurabhūtkva nu yajño 'bhūditi te hocuścandobhirabhitaḥ parigṛhīto 'gniḥ purastānnāpakramaṇamastyatraivānvicateti taṃ khananta ivānvīṣustaṃtryaṅgule 'nvavindaṃstammāttryaṅgulā vediḥ syāttadu hāpi pāñcistryaṅgulāmeva saumyasyadhvarasya vediṃ cakre

1.2.5.10

tadu tatha na kuryāt | oṣadhīnāṃ vai sa mūlānyupāṃlocattasmādoṣadhīnāmeva mūlānyucettavai brūyādyannvevātra viṣṇumanvavindaṃstasmādvedirnāma

1.2.5.11

tamanuvidyottareṇa parigraheṇa paryagṛhṇan | sukṣmā cāsi śivā cāsīti dakṣiṇata imāmevaitatpṛthivīṃ saṃvidya sukṣmāṃ śivāmakurvata syonā cāsi suṣadā cāsīti paścādimāmevaitatpṛthivīṃ saṃvidya syonāṃ suṣadāmakurvatorjasvatī cāsi payasvatī cetyuttarata imāmevaitatpṛthivīṃ saṃvidya rasavatīmupajīvanīyāmakurvata

1.2.5.12

sa vai triḥ pūrvam parigraham parigṛhṇāti | triruttaraṃ tatṣaṭ kṛtvaḥ ṣaḍvā ṛtavaḥ saṃvatsarasya saṃvatsaro yajñaḥ prajāpatiḥ sa yāvāneva yajño yāvatyasya mātrā tāvatamevaitatparigṛhṇāti

1.2.5.13

ṣaḍbhirvyāhṛtibhiḥ | pūrvam parigraha parigṛhṇāti ṣaḍbhiruttaraṃ taddvādaśa kṛtvo dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsarasya saṃvatsaro yajñaḥ prajāpatiḥ sa yāvāneva yajño yāvatyasya mātrā tāvatamevaitatparigṛhṇāti

1.2.5.14

vyāmamātrī paścātsyādityāhuḥ | etāvānvai puruṣah\ puruṣasaṃmita hi tryaratniḥ prācī trivṛddhi yajño nātra mātrāsti yāvatīmeva svayam manasā manyeta tāvatīṃ kuryāt

1.2.5.15

abhito 'gnimaṃsā unnayati | yoṣā vai vedirvṛṣāgniḥ parigṛhya vai yoṣā vṛṣāṇaṃ śete mithunamevaitatprajananaṃ kriyate tasmādabhito 'gnimaṃsā unnayati

1.2.5.16

sā vai paścādvarīyasī syāt | madhye saṃhvāritā punaḥ purastādurvyevamiva hi yoṣām praśaṃsanti pṛthuśroṇirvimṛṣṭāntarāṃsā madhye saṃgrāḥyeti juṣṭāmevaināmetaddevebhyaḥ karoti

1.2.5.17

sā vai prākpravaṇā syāt | prācī hi devānāṃ digatho udakpravaṇodīcī hi manuṣyāṇāṃ digdakṣiṇataḥ purīṣam pratyudūhatyeṣā vai dikpitṝṇāṃ sā yaddakṣiṇāpravaṇā syāt kṣipre ha yajamāno 'muṃ lokamiyāttatho ha yajamāno jyogjīvati tasmāddakṣiṇataḥ purīṣam pratyudūhati purīṣavatīṃ kurvīta paśavo vai purīṣam paśumatīmevaināmetatkurute

1.2.5.18

tām pratimārṣṭi | devā ha vai saṃgrāmaṃ saṃnidhāsyanta ste hocurhanta yadasyai pṛthivyā anāmṛtaṃ devayajanaṃ taccandramasi nidadhāmahai sa yadi na ito 'surā jayeyustata evārcantaḥ śrāmyantaḥ punarabhibhavemeti sa yadasyai pṛthivyā anāmṛtaṃ devayajanamāsīttaccandramasi nyadadhata tadetaccandramasi kṛṣṇaṃ tasmādāhuścandramasyasyai pṛthivyai devayajanamityapi ha vā asyaitasmindevayajana iṣṭam bhavati tasmādvai pratimārṣṭi

1.2.5.19

sa pratimārṣṭi | purā krūrasya visṛpo virapśinniti saṃgrāmo vai krūraṃ saṃgrāme hi krūraṃ kriyate hataḥ puruṣo hato 'śvaḥ śete purā hyetatsaṃgrāmānnyadadhata tasmādāha purā krūrasya visṛpo virapśinnityudādāya pṛthivīṃ jīvadānumityudādāya hi yadasyai pṛthivyai jīvamāsīttaccandramasi nyadadhata tasmādāhodādāya pṛthivīṃ jīvadānumiti yāmairayaṃścandramasi svadhābhiriti yāṃ candramasi brahmaṇādadhurityevaitadāha tāmu dhīrāso anudiśya yajanta ityeteno ha tāmanudiśya yajante 'pi ha vā asyaitāsmindevayajana iṣṭam bhavati ya evametadveda

1.2.5.20

athāha prokṣaṇīrāsādayeti | vajro vai sphyo brāhmaṇaścemam purā yajñamabhyajūgupatāṃ vajro vā āpastadvajramevaitadabhiguptyā āsādayati sa vā uparyuparyeva prokṣaṇīṣu dhāryamāṇāsvatha sphyamudyacatyatha yannihita eva sphyo prokṣaṇīrāsādayedvajro ha samṛceyātāṃ tatho ha vajro na samṛcete tasmāduparyuparyeva prokṣanīṣu dhāryamāṇāsvatha sphyamudyacati

1.2.5.21

athaitāṃ vācaṃ vadati | prokṣaṇīrāsādayedhmam barhirupasādaya srucaḥ sammṛḍḍhi patnīṃ saṃnahyājyenodehīti saṃpraiṣa evaiṣa sa yadi kāmayeta brūyādetadyadyu kāmayetāpi nādriyeta svayamu hyevaitadvededamataḥ karma kartavyamiti

1.2.5.22

athodañcaṃ sphyam praharati | amuṣmai tvā vajram praharāmīti yadyabhicaredvajro vai sphya stṛṇute haivainena

1.2.5.23

atha pāṇī avanenikte | yaddhyasyai krūramabhūttaddhyasyā etadahārṣīttasmātpāṇī avanenikte

1.2.5.24

sa ye hāgra ījire | te ha smāvamarśa yajante te pāpīyāṃsa āsuratha ye nejire te śreyāṃsa āsustato 'śraddhā manuṣyānviveda ye yajante pāpīyāṃsaste bhavanti ya u na yajante śreyāṃsaste bhavantīti tata ito devānhavirna jagāmetaḥ pradānāddhi devā upajīvanti

1.2.5.25

te ha devā ūcuḥ | bṛhaspatimāṅgirasamaśraddhā vai manuṣyānabidattebhyo vidhehi yajñamiti sa hetyovāca bṛhaspatirāṅgirasaḥ kathā na yajadhva iti te hocuḥ kiṃ kāmyā yajemahi ye yajante pāpīyāṃsaste bhavanti ya u na yajante śreyāṃsaste bhavantīti

1.2.5.26

sa hovāca | bṛhaspatirāṅgiraso yadvai śuśruma devānām pariṣūtaṃ tadeṣa yajño bhavati yacūtāni havīṃṣi kLptā vedistenāvamarśamacāriṣṭa tasmātpāpīyāṃso 'bhūt tenānavamarśa yajadhvaṃ tathā śreyāṃso bhaviṣyathetyā kiyata ityā barhiṣa staraṇāditi barhiṣā ha vai khalveṣā śāmyati sa yadi purā barhihṣa staraṇātkiṃcidāpadyeta barhireva tatstṛṇannapāsyedatha yadā barhi stṛṇantyapi padābhitiṣṭhanti sa yo haivaṃ vidvānanavamarśaṃ yajate śreyānhaiva bhavati tasmādanavamarśameva yajeta

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Śatapathabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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