Taittiriya Samhita 6.1.9
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 6, Prapathaka 1 · Verse 6.1.9
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ब्र॒ह्म॒वा॒दिनो॑ वदन्ति वि॒चित्यः॒ सोमा३ न वि॒चित्या३ इति॒ सोमो॒ वा ओष॑धीना॒ꣳ राजा॒ तस्मि॒न्॒, यदाप॑न्नं ग्रसि॒तमे॒वास्य॒ तद्यद्वि॑चिनु॒याद्यथा॒स्या᳚द् ग्रसि॒तं नि॑ष्खि॒दति॑ ता॒दृगे॒व तद्यन्न वि॑चिनु॒याद्यथा॒क्षन्नाप॑न्नं वि॒धाव॑ति ता॒दृगे॒व तत्क्षोधु॑कोऽध्व॒र्युः स्यात्क्षोधु॑को॒ यज॑मानः॒ ’ शोध॒येत्ये॒व ब्रू॑या॒द्यदीत॑रं॒ सोम॑विक्रयि॒न्थ्सोमꣳ यदीत॑रमु॒भये॑नै॒व सो॑मविक्र॒यिण॑मर्पयति॒ तस्मा᳚थ्सोमविक्र॒यी क्षोधु॑कोऽरु॒णो ह॑ स्मा॒हौप॑वेशिः सोम॒क्रय॑ण ए॒वाहं तृ॑तीयसव॒नमव॑ रुंध॒ इति॑ पशू॒नां चर्म॑न्मिमीते प॒शूने॒वाव॑ रुंधे प॒शवो॒ हि तृ॒तीय॒ꣳ सव॑नं॒ यं का॒मये॑ताप॒शुः स्या॒दित्यृ॑क्ष॒तस्तस्य॑ मिमीत॒र्क्षं वा अ॑पश॒व्यम॑प॒शुरे॒व भ॑वति॒ यं का॒मये॑त पशु॒मान्थ्स्या॒ दिति॑ लोम॒तस्तस्य॑ मिमीतै॒तद्वै प॑शू॒नाꣳ रू॒पꣳ रू॒पेणै॒वास्मै॑ प॒शूनव॑ रुंधे पशु॒माने॒व भ॑वत्य॒पामन्ते᳚ क्रीणाति॒ सर॑समे॒वैनं॑ क्रीणात्य॒मात्यो॒ऽसीत्या॑हा॒मैवैनं॑ कुरुते शु॒क्रस्ते॒ ग्रह॒ इत्या॑ह शु॒क्रो ह्य॑स्य॒ ग्रहोऽन॒साच्छ॑ याति महि॒मान॑मे॒वास्याच्छ॑ या॒त्यन॒सा ऽच्छ॑ याति॒ सर्वा॑णि॒ ’सि॒ छन्दाꣳ ’ स॒मे जीव॑नं॒ यत्र॒ तस्मा॑दनोवा॒ह्यꣳ खलु॒ वा ए॒तꣳ शी॒र्॒ष्णा हर॑न्ति॒ तस्मा᳚च्छीर्षहा॒र्यं॑ गि॒रौ जीव॑नम॒भित्यं दे॒वꣳ स॑वि॒तार॒मित्यति॑च्छंदस॒र्चा मि॑मी॒तेऽति॑च्छन्दा॒ वै सर्वे॑भिरे॒वैनं॒ छन्दो॑भिर्मिमीते॒ वर्ष्म॒ वा ए॒षा छंद॑सां॒ यदति॑च्छन्दा॒ ’ समा॒नानां᳚ करो॒त्यक॑यैकयो॒थ्सर्गं॑ यदति॑च्छंदसर्चा ॒ मिमी॑ते॒ वर्ष्मै॒वैनꣳ मिमी॒तेऽया॑तयाम्नियायातयाम्नियै॒वैनं॑ मिमीते॒ तस्मा॒न्नाना॑वीर्या अ॒ङ्गुल॑यः॒ सर्वा᳚स्वङ्गु॒ष्ठमुप॒ नि गृ॑ह्णाति॒ तस्मा᳚थ्स॒माव॑द्वीऱ्यो॒ऽन्याभि॑र॒ङ्गुलि॑भि॒स्तस्मा॒थ्सर्वा॒ अनु॒ सं च॑रति॒ यथ्स॒ह सर्वा॑भि॒र्मिमी॑त॒ स२ꣳश्लि॑ष्टा अ॒ङ्गुल॑यो जायेर॒न्नेक॑यैकयो॒थ्सर्गं॑ मिमीते॒ तस्मा॒द्विभ॑क्ता जायन्ते॒ पञ्च॒ कृत्वो॒ यजु॑षा मिमीते॒ पञ्चा᳚क्षरा प॒ङ्क्तिः पाङ्क्तो॑ य॒ज्ञो य॒ज्ञमे॒वाव॑ रुंधे॒ पञ्च॒ कृत्व॑स्तू॒ष्णीं दश॒ सं प॑द्यन्ते॒ दशा᳚क्षरा वि॒राडन्नं॑ वि॒राड्वि॒राजै॒वान्नाद्य॒मव॑ रुंधे॒ यद्यजु॑षा॒ मिमी॑ते भू॒तमे॒वाव॑ रुंधे॒ यत्तू॒ष्णीं भ॑वि॒ष्यद्यद्वै तावा॑ने॒व सोमः॒ स्याद्याव॑न्तं॒ मिमी॑ते॒ यज॑मानस्यै॒व स्या॒न्नापि॑ सद॒स्या॑नां प्र॒जाभ्य॒स्त्वेत्युप॒ समू॑हति सद॒स्या॑ने॒वान्वाभ॑जति॒ वास॒सोप॑ नह्यति सर्वदेव॒त्यं॑ वै वासः॒ सर्वा॑भिरे॒वैनं॑ दे॒वता॑भिः॒ सम॑र्धयति प॒शवो॒ वै सोमः॑ प्रा॒णाय॒ त्वेत्युप॑ नह्यति प्रा॒णमे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति व्या॒नाय॒ त्वेत्यनु॑ शृन्थति व्या॒नमे॒व प॒शुषु॑ दधाति॒ तस्मा᳚थ्स्व॒पन्तं॑ प्रा॒णा न ज॑हति
The theologians say, 'Should the Soma be clarified or not?' Soma indeed is the king of plants; whatever falls upon it is swallowed by it. If be were to clarify it, it would be as when one expels from the mouth what has been swallowed; if he were not to clarify it, it would be as when something falls upon the eye and moves to and fro; the Adhvaryu would be hungry, the sacrificer would be hungry. 'O Soma−seller, purify the Soma', he should say; so whether it be the one [1] or the other '. he involves the Soma−seller in both (faults), and therefore the Soma−seller is hungry. Aruna Aupaveçi said, 'At the buying of the Soma I win the third pressing.' He measures (the Soma) on the skin of beasts verily he wins cattle, for cattle are the third pressing. If he desire of a man, 'May he be without cattle', he should measure it for him on the rough side. The rough side indeed is not connected with cattle; verily he becomes without cattle. If he desire of a man, 'May he be rich in cattle' [2], he should measure for him on the hairy side. That indeed is the form of cattle; verily by the form he obtains cattle for him; verily he becomes rich in cattle. He buys it at the end of the waters; verily he buys it with its sap. 'Thou art a home dweller', he says; verily he makes it at home. 'Thy libation is bright', he says; for bright is its libation. He advances (for it) with a cart; verily he advances to its mightiness. He advances with a cart [3], therefore what lives on the level is to be borne by a cart. Where, however, they bear