Taittiriya Samhita 2.2.9
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 2, Prapathaka 2 · Verse 2.2.9
Sanskrit Original
आ॒ग्ना॒वै॒ष्ण॒वमेका॑दशकपालं ॒ निर्व॑पेदभि॒ चर॒न्थ्सर॑स्व॒त्याज्य॑भागा॒ स्याद्बा॑र्हस्प॒त्यश्च॒रुर्यदा᳚ग्नावैष्ण॒व एका॑दशकपालो॒ भव॑त्य॒ग्निः सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॒ विष्णु॑र्य॒ज्ञो दे॒वता॑भिश्चै॒वैनं॑ य॒ज्ञेन॑ चा॒भि च॑रति॒ सर॑स्व॒त्याज्य॑भागा भवति॒ वाग्वै सर॑स्वती वा॒चैवैन॑म॒भि च॑रति बार्हस्प॒त्यश्च॒रुर्भ॑वति॒ ब्रह्म॒ वै दे॒वानां॒ बृह॒स्पति॒र्ब्रह्म॑णै॒वैन॑म॒भि च॑रति॒ प्रति॒ वै प॒रस्ता॑दभि॒चर॑न्तम॒भि च॑रन्ति॒ द्वे द्वे॑ पुरोऽनुवा॒क्ये॑ कुर्या॒दति॒ प्रयु॑क्त्या ए॒तयै॒व य॑जेताभिच॒र्यमा॑णो दे॒वता॑भिरे॒व दे॒वताः᳚ प्रति॒चर॑ति य॒ज्ञेन॑ य॒ज्ञं वा॒चा वाचं॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ ब्रह्म॒ स दे॒वता᳚श्चै॒व य॒ज्ञं च॑ मध्य॒तो व्यव॑सर्पति॒ तस्य॒ न कुत॑श्च॒नोपा᳚व्या॒धो भ॑वति॒ नैन॑मभि॒चर᳚न्थ्स्तृणुत आग्नावैष्ण॒वमेका॑दशकपालं ॒ निर्व॑पे॒द्यं य॒ज्ञो नो प॒नमे॑द॒ग्निः सर्वा॑ दे॒वता॒ विष्णु॑र्य॒ज्ञो᳚ऽग्निं चै॒व विष्णुं॑ च॒ स्वेन॑ भाग॒धेये॒नोप॑ धावति॒ तावे॒वास्मै॑ य॒ज्ञं प्र य॑च्छत॒ उपै॑नं य॒ज्ञो न॑मत्याग्नावैष्ण॒वं घृ॒ते च॒रुं निर्व॑पे॒च्चक्षु॑ष्कामो॒ऽग्नेर्वै चक्षु॑षा मनु॒ष्या॑ वि प॑श्यन्ति य॒ज्ञस्य॑ दे॒वा अ॒ग्निं चै॒व विष्णुं॑ च॒ स्वेन॑ भाग॒धेये॒नोप॑ धावति॒ तावे॒वा ऽस्मि॒ञ्चक्षु॑र्धत्त॒श्चक्षु॑ष्माने॒व भ॑वति धे॒न्वै वा ए॒तद्रेतो॒ यदाज्य॑मन॒डुह॑स्तण्डु॒ला मि॑थु॒नादे॒वास्मै॒ चक्षुः॒ प्र ज॑नयति घृ॒ते भ॑वति॒ तेजो॒ वै घृ॒तं तेज॒श्चक्षु॒स्तेज॑सै॒वास्मै॒ तेज॒श्चक्षु॒रव॑ रुन्ध इंद्रि॒यं वै वी॒र्यं॑ वृङ्क्ते॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यो॒ यज॑मा॒नोऽय॑जमानस्याध्व॒रक॑ल्पां॒ प्रति॒ निर्व॑पे॒द्भ्रातृ॑व्ये॒ यज॑माने॒ नास्यें᳚द्रि॒यं वी॒र्यं॑ वृङ्क्ते पु॒रा वा॒चः प्रव॑दितो॒र्निर्व॑पे॒द्याव॑त्ये॒व वाक्तामप्रो॑दितां॒ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य वृङ्क्ते॒ ताम॑स्य॒ वाचं॑ प्र॒वद॑न्तीम॒न्या वाचोऽनु॒ प्र व॑दन्ति॒ ता इं॑द्रि॒यं वी॒र्यं॑ यज॑माने दधत्याग्नावैष्ण॒वम॒ष्टाक॑पालं ॒ निर्व॑पेत्प्रातःसव॒नस्या॑का॒ले सर॑स्व॒त्याज्य॑भागा॒ स्याद्बा॑र्हस्प॒त्यश्च॒रुर्यद॒ष्टाक॑पालो॒ भव॑त्य॒ष्टाक्ष॑रा गाय॒त्री गा॑य॒त्रं प्रा॑तः सव॒नं प्रा॑तः सव॒नमे॒व तेना᳚प्नो त्याग्नावैष्ण॒वमेका॑दशकपालं ॒ स्याद्बा॑र्हस्प॒त्यश्च॒रुर्यदेका॑दशकपालो॒ माध्य॑न्दिनमे॒व सव॑नं॒ निर्व॑पे॒न्माध्य॑न्दिनस्य॒ सव॑नस्याका॒ले सर॑स्व॒त्याज्य॑भागा॒ भव॒त्येका॑दशाक्षरा त्रि॒ष्टुप्त्रैष्टु॑भं॒ तेना᳚प्नोत्याग्नावैष्ण॒वं द्वाद॑शकपालं ॒ माध्य॑न्दिन॒ꣳ सव॑नं॒ निर्व॑पेत्तृतीयसव॒नस्या॑का॒ले सर॑स्व॒त्याज्य॑भागा॒ स्याद्बा॑र्हस्प॒त्यश्च॒रुर्यद्द्वाद॑शकपालो॒ भव॑ति॒ द्वाद॑शाक्षरा॒ जग॑ती॒ जाग॑तं तृतीयसव॒नं तृ॑तीयसव॒नमे॒व तेना᳚प्नोति दे॒वता॑भिरे॒व दे॒वताः᳚ प्रति॒चर॑ति य॒ज्ञेन॑ य॒ज्ञं वा॒चा वाचं॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ ब्रह्म॑ क॒पालै॑रे॒व छन्दाग्॑स्या॒प्नोति॑ पुरो॒डाशैः॒ सव॑नानि मैत्रावरु॒णमेक॑कपालं ॒ निर्व॑पेद्व॒शायै॑ का॒ले यैवासौ भ्रातृ॑व्यस्य व॒शानू॑ब॒न्ध्या॑सो ए॒वैषैतस्यैक॑कपालो भवति॒ न हि क॒पालैः᳚ प॒शुमर्ह॒त्याप्तु᳚म्
He who practises witchcraft should offer to Agni and Visnu on eleven potsherds; Sarasvati should have a portion of the butter, and to Brhaspati an oblation (be offered); in that there is (an offering) on eleven potsherds to Agni and Visnu, and all the gods are Agni and the sacrifice is Visnu, with all the gods and the sacrifice be practises witchcraft against him; Sarasvati has a portion of the butter; Sarasvati is speech; verily with speech he practises against him; the oblation is Brhaspati's, Brhaspati is the holy power (Brahman) of the gods; verily with the holy power (Brahman) he practises against him [1]. Him who practises witchcraft they practise then against; he should double each of the Puronuvakyas, for special employment. With the same (offering) should he sacrifice who is practised against; verily he sets gods against gods, the sacrifice against the sacrifice, speech against speech, the Brahman against the Brahman; between the gods and the sacrifice he creeps along; from no quarter is be injured; he who practises against him does not lay him low. He to whom the sacrifice does not resort should offer on eleven potsherds to Agni and Visnu [2]; all the gods are Agni, the sacrifice is Visnu; verily he has recourse to Agni and Visnu with their own share; verily they give him the sacrifice; the sacrifice resorts to him. He who desires sight should offer an oblation in ghee to Agni and Visnu by the eye of Agni men see, (by the eye) of the sacrifice the gods (see) verily he has recourse to Agni and Visnu with their own share; verily they [3] bestow sight upon him; he becomes possessed of sight. The butter is the seed of the cow, the rice grain of the ox; verily from the pair he produces for him