tad dhāpi brahmadattaś caikitāneyo rājānaṃ bhakṣayann uvāca | ayaṃ tyasya rājā mūrdhānaṃ vipātayatād yad ito 'yāsya āṅgiraso 'nyenodagāyad iti | vācā ca hy eva sa prāṇena codagāyad iti ||
24. And thus Brahmadatta Kaikitâneya (the grandson of Kikitâna), while taking Soma (râgan), said: 'May this Soma strike my head off, if Ayâsya Âṅgirasa sang another Udgîtha than this. He sang it indeed as speech and breath.'
taddhāpi tattatraitasminnukter'the hāpyākhyāyikāpi śrūtaye hasma | brahmadatto nāmataḥ cikitānasyāpatyaṃ caikitānastadapatyaṃ yuvā caikitāneyaḥ, rājānaṃ yajñe somaṃ bhakṣayannuvāca | kim? ayaṃ camasastho mayābhakṣyamāṇo rājā tyasya tasya mamānṛtavādino mūrdhānaṃ śiro vipātayatādvispaṣṭaṃ pātayatu |
torayaṃ tātaṅṅādeśaḥ āśipi loṭ, vipātayatāditi |
yadyahamanṛtavādī syāmityarthaḥ |
kathaṃ punaranṛtavāditvaprāptiḥ? ityucyate-yadyadīto 'smātprakṛtāt prāṇādvāksaṃyuktāt, ayāsyaḥ-mukhyaprāṇābhidhāyakena ayāsyāṅgirasaśabdenābhidhīyate viśvasṛjāṃ pūrvarṣīṇāṃ satre udrātāso 'nyena devatāntareṇa vākprāṇavyatiriktenodagāyadudgānaṃ kṛtavān, tato 'hamanṛtavādī syām, tasya mama devatā viparītapratipatturmūrdhānaṃ vipātayatu, ityevaṃ śapathaṃ cakāreti vijñāne pratyayadārḍhyakartavyatāṃ darśayati |
tamimamākhyāyikānirdhāritamarthaṃ svena vacasopasaṃharati śrutiḥ-vācā ca prāṇapradhānayā prāṇena ca svasyātmabhūtena so 'yāsya āṅgirasa udgātodagāyadityeṣor'tho nirdhāritaḥ śapathena || 24 ||
Bṛhad san, ca. B.C. 600, Adhyāya, Brāhmaṇa, verse 1,3.24;
Bṛhad-DSh, 1657, p.;
Bṛhad-Anq-Dup, 1801-02, p.;
Bṛhad-Mül, 1879-84;
Bṛhad-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.;
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