[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) › [Citikanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda) › 11 # Citikanda 11: atha tṛtīye'dhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam Citikāṇḍa 11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha tṛtīye'dhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.1) dvitīyaprapāṭhake ca tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam etadvai devā̱' abruvan | (vaṃśce ) cetayadhva̱miti citimicchateti vāva tada̱bruvaṃsteṣāṃ cetayamānānām̐ savitaitāni sāvitrāṇyapaśyadyatsavi̱tā'paśyatta̱smātsāvitrāṇi sa' etāmaṣṭāgṛhītāmāhutimajuhottām̐ hutvemāmaṣṭadhā vihitāmupāḍhāmapaśyatpu̱raiva sṛ̱ṣṭām̐ satīm ### [11.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.1-2) etadvai devā abruvan—cetayadhvamiti | citimicchateti vāva tadabruvan | teṣāṃ cetayamānānāṃ savitaitāni sāvitrāṇyapaśyat | yat savitā'paśyat—tasmātsāvitrāṇi | sa etāmaṣṭāgṛhītāmāhutimajuhot | tāṃ hutvemāmaṣṭadhā vihitāmupāḍhāmapaśyat—puraiva sṛṣṭāṃ satīm ### [11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.2) te yudabruvan | (vaṃśve ) cetuyudhdhvamiti citimicchateti vāva tada̱bruvantsuścetayumānā 'apaśyaṃstasmāccitirāhutirvai yujño yuddiṣṭā'paśyattasmādviṣṭakā ### [11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.3) tāṃ vā'etām | ( me ) ekā satīmaṣṭāgṛhṇītāmaṣṭābhiryajurbhirjuhoti tusmādiyamyekā sūtya̱ṣṭadhā vihitā ### [11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.4) tāmūrddhāmudagṛhṇañjuhoti | ( tī ) imāṃ tadūrddhām̐ rūpairudagṛhṇāti tusmādiya mūdhrvī rūpaiḥ ### [11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11.5) ( stā ) tāem̐ saṃtatāṃ juhoti | ( tye ) etadvai devā 'abibhayuryadvai na 'iha rakṣāem̐si nāṣṭrā nānveveyu̱riti tu'etu saṃtatahomamapaśyannṛkṣasāṃ nāṣṭrāṇāmananvavāyanāya tusmātsaṃtatāṃ juhoti --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.11) · Pramāṇa