Taittiriya Samhita 3.5.7
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 3, Prapathaka 5 · Verse 3.5.7
Sanskrit Original
व॒ष॒ट्का॒रो वै गा॑यत्रि॒यै शिरो᳚ऽच्छिन॒त् तस्यै॒ रसः॒ परा॑पत॒थ्स पृ॑थि॒वीं प्रावि॑श॒थ्स ख॑दि॒रो॑ऽभव॒द्यस्य॑ खादि॒रः स्रु॒वो भव॑ति॒ छंद॑सामे॒व रसे॒नाव॑ द्यति॒ सर॑सा अ॒स्याहु॑तयो भवन्ति तृ॒तीय॑स्यामि॒तो दि॒वि सोम॑ आसी॒त्तं गा॑य॒त्र्याह॑र॒त्तस्य॑ प॒र्णम॑च्छिद्यत॒ तत्प॒र्णो॑ऽभव॒त्तत्प॒र्णस्य॑ पर्ण॒त्वं यस्य॑ पर्ण॒मयी॑ जु॒हूर् भव॑ति सौ॒म्या अ॒स्याहु॑तयो भवन्ति जु॒षन्ते᳚ऽस्य दे॒वा आहु॑तीर्दे॒वा वै ब्रह्म॑न्नवदन्त॒ तत्प॒र्ण ’ शृणोति॒ ब्रह्म॒ वै प॒र्णो उपा॑शृणोथ्सु॒श्रवा॒ वै नाम॒ यस्य॑ पर्ण॒मयी॑ जु॒हूर्भव॑ति॒ न पा॒प२ꣳ श्लोकꣳ विण्म॒रुतोऽन्नं॒ विण्मा॑रु॒तो᳚ऽश्व॒त्थो यस्य॑ पर्ण॒मयी॑ जु॒हूर्भव॒त्याश्व॑त्थ्युप॒भृद्ब्रह्मणै॒वान्न॒मव॑ रुं ॒धेऽथो॒ ब्रह्मै॒ व वि॒श्यध्यू॑हति रा॒ष्ट्रं वै प॒र्णो विड॑श्व॒त्थो यत्प॑र्ण॒मयी॑ जु॒हूर्भव॒त्याश्व॑त्थ्युप॒भृद्रा॒ष्ट्रमे॒व वि॒श्यध्यू॑हति प्र॒जाप॑ति॒र्वा अ॑जुहो॒थ्सा यत्राहु॑तिः प्र॒त्यति॑ष्ठ॒त्ततो॒ विक॑ङ्कत॒ उद॑तिष्ठ॒त्ततः॑ प्र॒जा अ॑सृजत॒ यस्य॒ वैक॑ङ्कती ध्रु॒वा भव॑ति॒ प्रत्ये॒वास्याहु॑तयस्तिष्ठ॒न्त्यथो॒ प्रैव जा॑यत ए॒तद्वै ’ रू॒पाणि॑ पशू॒नामुप॑ तिष्ठन्ते॒ स्रु॒चाꣳ रू॒पं यस्यै॒वꣳ रू॑पाः॒ स्रुचो॒ भव॑न्ति॒ सर्वा᳚ण्ये॒वैनꣳ नास्याप॑रूपमा॒त्मञ्जा॑यते
The Vasat call cleft the head of the Gayatri; its sap fell away, it entered the earth, it became the Khadira; he, whose dipping−spoon is make of Khadira wood, cuts off with the sap of the metres; his oblations are full of sap. Soma was in the third sky from hence; the Gayatri fetched it, a leaf of it was cut off, that became the Parna, that is why the Parna is so called. He whose ladle is made of Parna wood [1] has his oblations acceptable; the gods rejoice in his oblation. The gods discussed regarding holy power; the Parna overheard it; he whose ladle is made of Parna wood is styled famous; he hears no evil bruit. The Parna is holy power, the Maruts are the people, the people are food, the Açvattha is connected with the Maruts; he whose ladle is made of Parna wood, and his spoon (upabhrt) is of Açvattha, by holy power wins food, and the holy class [2] puts over the people. The Parna is the royalty, the Açvattha is the people; in that the ladle is made of Parna