Taittiriya Samhita 7.4.9
Krishna Yajurveda · Kanda 7, Prapathaka 4 · Verse 7.4.9
Sanskrit Original
सु॒व॒र्गं वा ए॒ते लो॒कं य॑न्ति॒ ये स॒त्त्रमु॑प॒यन्त्य॒भीन्ध॑त ए॒व दी॒क्षाभि॑रा॒त्मानग्ग्॑ श्रपयन्त उप॒सद्भि॒र्द्वाभ्यां॒ लोमाव॑ द्यन्ति॒ द्वाभ्यां॒ त्वचं॒ द्वाभ्या॒मसृ॒द्द्वाभ्यां᳚ मा॒ꣳसं द्वाभ्या॒मस्थि॒ द्वाभ्यां᳚ म॒ज्जान॑मा॒त्मद॑क्षिणं॒ वै स॒त्त्रमा॒त्मान॑मे॒व दक्षि॑णां नी॒त्वा सु॑व॒र्गं लो॒कं य॑न्ति॒ शिखा॒मनु॒ प्र व॑पन्त॒ taittirIyasamhitA.pdf ऋद्ध्या॒ अथो॒ रघी॑याꣳसः सुव॒र्गं लो॒कम॑या॒मेति॑
They go to the world of heaven who perform the Sattra. They kindle themselves with the Diksas, and cook themselves with the Upasads. With two they cut off their hair, with two their skin, with two their blood, with two their flesh, with two their bones, with two their marrow. In the Sattra the self is the sacrificial gift; verily taking the self as the gift they go to the world of heaven. They cut off the top−knot, for prosperity, (thinking), 'More swiftly may we attain the world of heaven.'