Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad ("Great Forest Teaching") 6.3

6.3.1

sa yaḥ kāmayeta mahatprāpnuyāmityudagayana āpūryamāṇapakṣasya puṇyāhe dvādaśāhamupasadvratī bhūtvaudumbare kam̐se camase vā sarvauṣadhaṃ phalānīti saṃbhṛtya parisabhuhya parilipyāgnimupasamādhāya paristīryāvṛtājyam̐ sam̐skṛtya pum̐sānakṣatreṇa mantham̐ saṃnīya juhoti | yāvanto devāstvayi jātavedastiryañco ghnanti puruṣasya kāmān tebhyo'haṃ bhāgadheyaṃ juhomi te mā tṛptāḥ sarvaiḥ kāmaistarpayantu svāhā | yā tiraścī nipadyate'haṃ vidharaṇī iti | tāṃ tvā ghṛtasya dhārayāyaje sam̐rādhanīmaham̐ svāhā

If a man wishes to reach greatness (wealth for performing sacrifices), he performs the upasad rule during twelve days (i. e. he lives on small quantities of milk), beginning on an auspicious day of the light half of the moon during the northern progress of the sun, collecting at the same time in a cup or a dish made of Udumbara wood all sorts of herbs, including fruits. He sweeps the floor (near the house-altar, âvasathya), sprinkles it, lays the fire, spreads grass round it according to rule, prepares the clarified butter (âgya), and on a day, presided over by a male star (nakshatra), after having properly mixed the Mantha (the herbs, fruits, milk, honey, &c.), he sacrifices (he pours âgya into the fire), saying: 'O Gâtavedas, whatever adverse gods there are in thee, who defeat the desires of men, to them I offer this portion; may they, being pleased, please me with all desires.' Svâhâ!
'That cross deity who lies down, thinking that all things are kept asunder by her, I worship thee as propitious with this stream of ghee.' Svâhâ!

6.3.2

jyeṣṭhāya svāhā śreṣṭhāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati prā-ṇāya svāhā vasiṣṭhāyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati vāce svāhā pratiṣṭhāyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati cakṣuṣe svāhā saṃpade svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati śrotrāya svāhāyatanāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati manase svāhā prajātyai svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati retase svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati

He then says, Svâhâ to the First, Svâhâ to the Best, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Breath, Svâhâ to her who is the richest, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Speech, Svâhâ to the Support, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Eye, Svâhâ to Success, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Ear, Svâhâ to the Home, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Mind, Svâhâ to Offspring, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Seed, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).

6.3.3

agnaye svāhetyagnau hutvā manthesam̐sravamavanayati somāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati bhūḥsvāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati bhuvaḥ svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati svaḥ svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati bhūrbhuvaḥsvaḥsvāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati brahmaṇe svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati kṣatrāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati bhūtāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati bhaviṣyate svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati viśvāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati sarvāya svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati prajāpataye svāhetyagnau hutvā manthe sam̐sravamavanayati

He then says, Svâhâ to Agni (fire), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Soma, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Bhûh (earth), Svâhâ, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Bhuvah (sky), Svâhâ, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svah (heaven), Svâhâ, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Bhûr, Bhuvah, Svah, Svâhâ, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Brahman (the priesthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Kshatra (the knighthood), pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Past, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Future, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to the Universe, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to all things, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).
He then says, Svâhâ to Pragâpati, pours ghee into the fire, and throws what remains into the Mantha (mortar).

6.3.4

athainamabhimṛśati bhramadasi jvaladasi pūrṇamasi prastabdhamasyekasabhamasi hiṃkṛtamasi hiṃkriyamāṇamasyudgīthamasyudgīyamānamasi śrāvitamasi pratyāśrāvitamasyārdre saṃdīptamasi vibhūrasi prabhūrasyannamasi jyotirasi nidhanamasi saṃvargo'sīti

Then he touches it (the Mantha, which is dedicated to Prâna, breath), saying: 'Thou art fleet (as breath). Thou art burning (as fire). Thou art full (as Brahman). Thou art firm (as the sky). Thou art the abode of all (as the earth). Thou hast been saluted with Hiṅ (at the beginning of the sacrifice by the prastotri). Thou art saluted with Hiṅ (in the middle of the sacrifice by the prastotri). Thou hast been sung (by the udgâtri at the beginning of the sacrifice). Thou art sung (by the udgâtri in the middle of the sacrifice). Thou hast been celebrated (by the adhvaryu at the beginning of the sacrifice). Thou art celebrated again (by the âgnîdhra in the middle of the sacrifice). Thou art bright in the wet (cloud). Thou art great. Thou art powerful. Thou art food (as Soma). Thou art light (as Agni, fire, the eater). Thou art the end. Thou art the absorption (of all things).'

6.3.5

athainamudyacchatyāmam̐syāmam̐ hi te mahi sa hi rājeśāno'dhipatiḥ sa mām̐ rājeśāno'dhipatiṃ karotviti

Then he holds it (the Mantha) forth, saying
'Thou knowest all, we know thy greatness. He is indeed a king, a ruler, the highest lord. May that king, that ruler make me the highest lord.'

6.3.6

athainamācāmati tatsaviturvareṇyam | madhu vātā tāyate madhu kṣaranti sindhavaḥ | mādhvīrnaḥ santvoṣadhīḥ | bhūḥ svāhā | bhargo devasya dhīmahi | madhu naktamutoṣasomadhumatpārthivam̐ rajaḥ | madhu dyaurastu naḥ pitā | bhuvaḥ svāhā | dhiyo yo naḥpracodayāt madhumānno vanaspatirmadhumām̐3 astu sūryaḥ | mādhvīrgāvo bhavantu naḥ | svaḥ svāheti | sarvāṃ ca sāvitrīmanvāha sarvāśca madhumatīrahamevedam̐ sarvaṃ bhūyāsaṃ bhūrbhuvaḥ svaḥ svāhetyantata ācamya pāṇī prakṣālya jaghanenāgniṃ prākśirāḥsaṃviśati prātarādityamupatiṣṭhate diśāmekapuṇḍarīkamasyahaṃ manuṣyāṇāmekapuṇḍarīkaṃ bhūyāsamiti yathetametya jaghanenāgnimāsīno vam̐śaṃ japati

Then he eats it, saying: 'Tat savitur varenyam (We meditate on that adorable light)--The winds drop honey for the righteous, the rivers drop honey, may our plants be sweet as honey! Bhûh (earth) Svâhâ!
'Bhargo devasya dhîmahi (of the divine Savitri)--May the night be honey in the morning, may the air above the earth, may heaven, our father, be honey! Bhuvah (sky) Svâhâ!'
'Dhiyo yo nah prokodayât (who should rouse our thoughts)--May the tree be full of honey, may the sun be full of honey, may our cows be sweet like honey! Svah (heaven) Svâhâ!'
He repeats the whole Sâvitrî verse, and all the verses about the honey, thinking, May I be all this! Bhûr, Bhuvah, Svah, Svâhâ! Having thus swallowed all, he washes his hands, and sits down behind the altar, turning his head to the East. In the morning he worships Âditya (the sun), with the hymn, 'Thou art the best lotus of the four quarters, may I become the best lotus among men.' Then returning as he came, he sits down behind the altar and recites the genealogical list.

6.3.7

tam̐ haitamuddālaka āruṇirvājasaneyāya yājñavalkyāyāntevāsina uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Uddâlaka Âruni told this (Mantha-doctrine) to his pupil Vâgasaneya Yâgñavalkya, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'

6.3.8

etamu haiva vājasaneyo yājñavalkyo madhukāya paiṅgyāyāntevāsina uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Vâgasaneya Yâgñavalkya told the same to his pupil Madhuka Paiṅgya, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'

6.3.9

etamu haiva madhukaḥ paiṅgyaścūlāya bhāgavittaye'ntevāsina uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥpraroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Madhuka Paiṅgya told the same to his pupil Kûla Bhâgavitti, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'

6.3.10

etamu haiva cūlo bhāgavittirjānakaya āyasthūṇāyāntevāsina uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Kûla Bhâgavitti told the same to his pupil Gânaki Âyasthûna, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'

6.3.11

etamu haiva jānakirāyasthūṇaḥ satyakāmāya jābālā yāntevāsina uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥ praroheyuḥ palāśānīti

Gânaki Âyasthûna told the same to his pupil Satyakâma Gâbâla, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'

6.3.12

etamu haiva satyakāmo jābālo'ntevāsibhya uktvovācāpi ya enam̐ śuṣke sthāṇau niṣiñcejjāyerañchākhāḥpraroheyuḥ palāśānīti tametaṃ nāputrāya vānantevāsine vā brūyāt

Satyakâma Gâbâla told the same to his pupils, and said: 'If a man were to pour it on a dry stick, branches would grow, and leaves spring forth.'
Let no one tell this to any one, except to a son or to a pupil.

6.3.13

caturaudumbaro bhavatyaudumbaraḥ sruva audumbaraścamasa audumbara idhma audumbaryā upamanthanyau daśa grāmyāṇi dhānyāni bhavanti vrīhiyavāstilamāṣā aṇupriyaṅgavo godhūmāśca masūrāśca khalvāśca khalakulāśca tānpiṣṭānddhani madhuni ghṛta upasiñcatyājyasya juhoti

Four things are made of the wood of the Udumbara tree, the sacrificial ladle (sruva), the cup (kamasa), the fuel, and the two churning sticks.
There are ten kinds of village (cultivated) seeds, viz. rice and barley (brîhiyavâs), sesamum and kidney-beans (tilamâshâs), millet and panic seed (anupriyaṅgavas), wheat (godhûmâs), lentils (masûrâs), pulse (khalvâs), and vetches (khalakulâs). After having ground these he sprinkles them with curds (dadhi), honey, and ghee, and then offers (the proper portions) of clarified butter (âgya).

6.3.13.p1

iti ṣaṣṭhādhyāye tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam