[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) › 23.3 # Citikanda 23.3 Citikāṇḍa 23.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.3) taṃ prathayati | vvasavastvā kṛṇvantu gāyatreṇa cchandasā'ṅgirasvadityayam̐ hyeṣa loko nidhistametadvasavo gāyatreṇa cchandasā'kurvvastathaivenamayametadgā yatreṇa cchandasā karotyaṅgirasvaditi prāṇo vā'aṅgirā dhruvā'sīti sthirā'sītyetadatho pratiṣṭhitā'sīti pṛthivyasīti pṛthivī hyeṣa nidhirddhārayā mayi prajā rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyam̐ suvīryam̐ sajātānyajamānāyetyetadvai vvasava 'imaṃ lokaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāna 'imaṃ lokaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāste tāṃ prādeśamātrīṃ kṛttvā'thāsyai sarvvatastīramunnayati - [Previous: 23.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.1) - [Next: 23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.4) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.3) · Pramāṇa