[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) › 23.4 # Citikanda 23.4 Citikāṇḍa 23.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.4) (tyu ) atha pūrvvamuddhimādadhāti | rudrāstvā kṛṇvantu traiṣṭubhena cchandasā'ṅgirasvadityantarikṣam̐ hyeṣa'udvistametadrudrāstraiṣṭubhena cchandasā'kurvvam̐stathaivai namayameta traiṣṭubhena cchandasā karotyaṅgirasvaditi prāṇo vā'aṅgirā dhruvā'sīti sthirā'sītyetadatho pratiṣṭhitā'sītyantarikṣamasītyantarikṣam̐ hyeṣa 'udviddhārayā mayi prajām̐ rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyam̐ suvīryam̐ sajātānyujamānāyetyetadvai rudrā' antarikṣaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāno'ntarikṣaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāste tām̐ saṃlipya sathm̐ślakṣṇya - [Previous: 23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.3) - [Next: 23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.5) - [Up: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.4) · Pramāṇa