Atharva Veda 15.13

Paryāya the thirteenth

⌊1.⌋ Now in whosesoever house a thus-knowing Vrātya abides one night as guest, ⌊2.⌋ he thereby gains possession of those pure (púṇya) worlds that are on the earth.

⌊3.⌋ Now in whosesoever house a thus-knowing Vrātya abides a second night as guest, ⌊4.⌋ he thereby gains possession of those pure worlds that are in the atmosphere.

⌊5.⌋ Now in whosesoever house a thus-knowing Vrātya abides a third night as guest, ⌊6.⌋ he thereby gains possession of those pure worlds that are in the sky.

⌊7.⌋ Now in whosesoever house a thus-knowing Vrātya abides a fourth night as guest, ⌊8.⌋ he thereby gains possession of those worlds that are pure of the pure.

⌊9.⌋ Now in whosesoever house a thus-knowing Vrātya abides unlimited nights as guest, ⌊10.⌋ he thereby gains possession of those pure worlds that are unlimited.

⌊11.⌋ Now to whosesoever houses may come as guest a non-Vrātya, calling himself a Vrātya, bearing the name [only],—

⌊12.⌋ He may draw him, and he may not draw him.

⌊13.⌋ For this deity I ask water; this deity I cause to abide; this, this deity I wait upon—with this thought he should wait upon him.

⌊14.⌋ that deity doth that become [duly] offered of him who knoweth thus.