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# Citikanda 12.43

Citikāṇḍa 12.43

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.12.43)

tāṃ caturbhi̱irādatte | caturakṣarā vai sarvvā vāgvāgitkyeka̱makṣaramakṣaramiti  
tryakṣaraṃ tadyattadvāgitkyeka̱makṣaraṃ caivaiṣā'nuṣṭubuttamā sā ṣā'tha yadakṣaramiti  
tryakṣarametāni tāni pūrvvāṇi yajūṃṣi sarvvayaivaitadvācā'gniṃ khanati sarvvayā  
vācā sambharati ta̱smāccaturbhiḥ

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