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# Citikanda 16.3

Citikāṇḍa 16.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.16.3)

jyotiṣmantaṃ tvā'gne supratīkamiti| jyotiṣmānvā'ayamagniḥ supratīko'jasreṇa bhānunā dīdyatamityajasreṇārciṣā dīpyamānamityetacchivaṃ prajābhyo'him̐santaṃ pṛthivyāḥ sadhasthādagniṃ purīṣyamaṅgirasvatkhanāma' iti śivaṃ  
prajābhyo'him̐santaṃ pṛthivyā 'upasthādagniṃ paśavyamagnivatkhanāma ' ityetat  
( ṅṅghā ) dvābhyāṃ khanati | dvipādyajamāno yajamāno'gnirryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivenametatkhanatyatho dvayūm̐ hyaivaitadrūpaṃ mṛccāpaśca

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