Taittiriya Samhita 6.6.10
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 6, Prapathaka 6 · Verse 6.6.10
Sanskrit Original
६। ६। ९॥ द॒भ्नो॒त्यन॑भिषुतस्य गृह्णा॒त्येका॒न्न विꣳ दे॒वा वै प्र॒बाहु॒ग्ग्रहा॑नगृह्णत॒ स ए॒तं प्र॒जाप॑तिर॒ꣳशुम॑पश्य॒त्तम॑गृह्णीत॒ तेन॒ वै स आ᳚र्ध्नो॒द्यस्यै॒वं वि॒दुषो॒ऽꣳशुर्गृ॒ह्यत॑ ऋ॒ध्नोत्ये॒व स॒कृद॑भिषुतस्य गृह्णाति स॒कृद्धि स तेनाऽर्ध्नो॒न्मन॑सा गृह्णाति॒ मन॑ इव॒ हि प्र॒जाप॑तिः प्र॒जाप॑ते॒राप्त्या॒ औदुं॑बरेण गृह्णा॒त्यूर्ग्वा उ॑दुं॒बर॒ ऊर्ज॑मे॒वाव॑ रुंधे॒ चतुः॑ स्रक्ति भवति दि॒क्ष्वे॑ व प्रति॑ तिष्ठति॒ यो वा अ॒ꣳशोरा॒यत॑नं॒ वेदा॒यत॑नवान्भवति वामदे॒व्यमिति॒ साम॒ तद्वा अ॑स्या॒यत॑नं॒ मन॑सा॒ गाय॑मानो गृह्णात्या॒यत॑नवाने॒व भ॑वति॒ यद॑ध्व॒र्युर॒ꣳशुं गृ॒ह्णन्नार्धये॑दु॒भाभ्यां॒ नर्ध्ये॑ताध्व॒र्यवे॑ च॒ यज॑मानाय च॒ यद॒र्धये॑दु॒भाभ्या॑मृध्ये॒तान॑वानं गृह्णाति॒ सैवास्यर्द्धि॒र्॒हिर॑ण्यम॒भि व्य॑नित्य॒मृतं॒ वै हिर॑ण्य॒मायुः॑ प्रा॒ण आयु॑षै॒वामृत॑म॒भि धि॑नोति श॒तमा॑नं भवति श॒तायुः॒ पुरु॑षः श॒तेन्द्रि॑य॒ आयु॑ष्ये॒वेन्द्रि॒ये प्रति॑ तिष्ठति
The gods drew the cups in a line; Prajapati saw this Ançu, drew it, and therewith prospered. Verily he, for whom knowing thus the Ançu is drawn, prospers. He draws from (the Soma) when it has been once pressed, for once he prospered thereby. He draws with the mind, for Prajapati is mind as it were; (verily it serves) to obtain Prajapati. He draws with (a vessel) of Udumbara; the Udumbara is strength; verily he wins strength; it has four corners; verily he finds support in the quarters [1]. He who knows the foundation of the Ançu becomes possessed of a foundation. The Saman is that called the Vamadevya; singing in his mind that foundation he draws; verily he becomes possessed of a foundation. If the Adhvaryu were not to make a