[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha) › [Adhvarakanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda) › 2.16 # Adhvarakanda 2.16 Adhvarakāṇḍa 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2.16) cidasi manāsī, ti cittaṃ vā'idaṃ mano vāganuvadati dhīrasi dakṣiṇeti × × × kṣatriyā'si yajñiyāsīti kṣatriyā hyeṣā yajñiyā hyeṣāditirasyubhayataḥ śīrṣaṇīti sa yadenayā samānaṃ sadviparyāsaṃ vadati × × × sā naḥ suprācī supratīkyedhīti ||16-17 mitrastvā padi badhnītāṃ varuṇyā×××pūṣā'dhvanaspativati | indrāyā'dhyakṣya kṣāyeti | ×× anutvāmātā manyatāmanu pitā'nu bhrātā sagarbhyo'nu sakhā sayūthya × × × sā devi devamacchehītīndrāya somaṃ × × × rudrastvāvarttayatu × × × svasti somasakhā punarehīti na so'sti pratyayo loke yaḥ śabdānugamādṛte anuviddhamiva jñānaṃ sarvaṃ śabdena bhāṣate "dhiyā dhiyā hyetayā (vācā) manuṣyā jujyūṣanti (jīvitumicchanti) vyavaharantītibhāvaḥ" anūkteneva, prakāmodheneva, gāthābhiriva tasmādāha dhīrasī iti sa yadenayā samānaṃ sadviparyāsaṃ vadati, yadaparaṃ tat pūrvaṃ karoti yatpūrvaṃ tadaparaṃ tenobhayataḥ śīrṇīḥ tasmādāhāditirasyubhayataḥ śīrṇīti - [Previous: 2.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2.15-2) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2.17) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.adhvarakanda.2.16) · Pramāṇa