Chānd-Mül, 1879-841. FOURTH KHANDA
'Will (sankalpa) is better than mind. For when a man wills, then he thinks in his mind, then he sends forth speech, and he sends it forth in a name. In a name the sacred hymns are contained, in the sacred hymns all sacrifices.
Chānd-Śaṃ, 8th c. A.D.saṃkalpo vāva manaso bhūyān | saṃkalpo ’pi manasyanavadantaḥkaraṇavṛttiḥ kartavyākartavyaviṣayavibhāgena samarthanam | vibhāgena hi samarthite viṣaye cikīrṣābuddhirmanasyanānantaraṃ bhavati | katham | yadā vai saṃkalpayate kartavyādiviṣayānvibhajata idaṃ kartuṃ yuktamiti, atha manasyati mantrānadhīyīyetyādi | athānantaraṃ vācamīrayati mantrādyuccāraṇe | tāṃ ca vācamu nāmni nāmoccāraṇanimittaṃ vivakṣāṃ kṛtverayati nāmni nāmasāmānye mantrāḥ śabdaviśeṣāḥ santa ekaṃ bhavantyantarbhavantītyarthaḥ | sāmānye hi viśeṣo ’ntabhavati | mantreṣu karmāṇyekaṃ bhavanti | mantraprakāśitāni karmāṇi kriyante nāmantrakamasti karma | yaddhi mantraprakāśanena labdhasattākaṃ satkarma brāhmaṇenedaṃ kartavyamasmai phalāyeti vidhīyate | yāpyutpattirbrāhmaṇeṣu karmaṇāṃ dṛśyate sāpi mantreṣu labdhasattākānāmeva karmaṇāṃ spaṣṭīkaraṇam | na hi mantrāprakāśitaṃ karma kiñcidbrāhmaṇa utpannaṃ dṛśyate | trayīvihitaṃ karmeti prasiddham loke | trayīśabdaśca ṝgyajuḥsāmasamākhyā | mantreṣu karmāṇi kavayo yānyapaśyanniti cā’tharvaṇe | tasmādyuktaṃ mantreṣu karmāṇyekaṃ bhavantīti || 1 ||
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Prapāṭhaka 1
