अथर्ववेद - काण्ड 4/ सूक्त 34/ मन्त्र 1
सूक्त - अथर्वा
देवता - ब्रह्मौदनम्
छन्दः - त्रिष्टुप्
सूक्तम् - ब्रह्मौदन सूक्त
ब्रह्मा॑स्य शी॒र्षं बृ॒हद॑स्य पृ॒ष्ठं वा॑मदे॒व्यमु॒दर॑मोद॒नस्य॑। छन्दां॑सि प॒क्षौ मुख॑मस्य स॒त्यं वि॑ष्टा॒री जा॒तस्तप॑सोऽधि य॒ज्ञः ॥
स्वर सहित पद पाठब्रह्म॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । शी॒र्षम् । बृ॒हत् । अ॒स्य॒ । पृ॒ष्ठम् । वा॒म॒ऽदे॒व्यम् । उ॒दर॑म् । ओ॒द॒नस्य॑ । छन्दां॑सि । प॒क्षौ । मुख॑म् । अ॒स्य॒ । स॒त्यम् । वि॒ष्टा॒री । जा॒त: । तप॑स: । अधि॑ । य॒ज्ञ: ॥३४.१॥
स्वर रहित मन्त्र
ब्रह्मास्य शीर्षं बृहदस्य पृष्ठं वामदेव्यमुदरमोदनस्य। छन्दांसि पक्षौ मुखमस्य सत्यं विष्टारी जातस्तपसोऽधि यज्ञः ॥
स्वर रहित पद पाठब्रह्म । अस्य । शीर्षम् । बृहत् । अस्य । पृष्ठम् । वामऽदेव्यम् । उदरम् । ओदनस्य । छन्दांसि । पक्षौ । मुखम् । अस्य । सत्यम् । विष्टारी । जात: । तपस: । अधि । यज्ञ: ॥३४.१॥
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Translation -
[N.B. In this hymn the description is mainly concerned with Brahmaudana, What is Brahmaudana? It is oblation element; which is prepared for the purpose of offeting oblations in the Yajna. This is prepared with the Vedic Mantras and mainly concerned with some capital samans therefore, it is called Brahmaudana. It represents the Yajna, house-hold life and Swargah which is pleasant life of a Grihastha possessing plenty of means and means of pleasure. The house-hold life with all its pleasure and pelf is the real Svarga. Svarga is not any particular locality of pleasure. The house-hold life full of all pleasure is called Svarga. A house-holding man enjoys pleasures of wife, children, food, honey, milk, ghee etc. This life is the life of prodigious nature. The couple leading this life proliferate worldly means, pleasure, progeny, culture and the acts fruitful in this life and in that life. With the extension and expension of self a house-holding couple extends his culture sacerdotal activities responsible for this life and that life. This has been expressed and represented in the hymn by planning the performance of Yajna known as Vistarin, Signifying to be extensive. This Yajna performed extends the prosperity of the house-hold life as well as the prosperity of Svarga which is to be attained in other life in the form of house-hold life. Here in the Verse 5 we find the term Banhistha of which the Bahishta of Islamic cult is the corrupted form and system of Bahishta a degenerated form. The well planned, mature and well-based scheme of household life or any thing else is called odana.] This Vistari Yajna (which is the symbol of extension) is produced from Tapas, the ferver and austerity. Veda is the head of this Odana, the oblation element (prepared for this Yajna). Brihat Saman is the back of it. Its belly is the Vamadevya Saman, the Samans concerned mainly with the adorable Divinity. The meters are the sides of this Odana and the truth or reality its face.