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# Citikanda 12.5

Citikāṇḍa 12.5

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.12.5)

tāṃ santatāṃ juhoti | etadvai devā abibhayuḥ | yadvai na iha rakṣāṃsi nāṣṭrā nānveveyuriti | ta'etaṃ  
santatahomamapaśyan-rakṣasāṃ nāṣṭrāṇāmananvavāyanāya | tasmātsantatāṃ juhoti

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