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nidhirddhārayā mayi prajā rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyam̐ suvīryam̐ sajātānyajamānāyetyetadvai vvasava 'imaṃ lokaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāna 'imaṃ lokaṃ kṛtvā tasminnetāmāśiṣamāśāste tāṃ prādeśamātrīṃ kṛttvā'thāsyai sarvvatastīramunnayati ### [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 ### [23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.5) (kṣṇyā) athottaramuddimādadhāti | (tyā) ādityāstvā kṛṇvantu jāgatena cchandasā'ṅgirasvaditi dyaurhevaiṣa uddiṣṭastametadādityā jāgatena cchandasā'kurvam̐stathaivenamayametajjāgatena cchandasā karotyaṅgirasvaditi prāṇo vā'aṅgirā dhruvā'sīti sthirā'sītyetadatho pratiṣṭhitā'sīti dyaurasīti dyaurhyeṣa'uddhirdhārayā mayi prajām̐ rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyam̐ suvīryam̐ sajātānyajamānāyetyetadvā 'ādityā divaṃ kṛtvā tasyāmetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāno divaṃ kṛtvā tasyāmetāmāśiṣamāśāste ### [23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.6) (ste'thai) athaitena caturthena yajuṣā karoti | viśve tvā devā vaiśvānarāḥ kṛṇvantvānuṣṭubhena cchandasā'ṅgirasvaditi diśo haitadyajurevaitadviśve devā vaiśvānarā'eṣu lokeṣūkhāyāmetena caturthena yajuṣā diśo'dadhustathaivaitadyajamāna'eṣu lokeṣūkhāyāmetena caturthena yajuṣā diśo dadhātyaṅgirarasvaditi prāṇo vā'aṅgirrā dhruvā'sīti sthirā'sītyetadatho pratiṣṭhitā'sīti diśo'sīti diśo hyetadyujurdhāya mayi prajām̐ rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyam̐ suvīryam̐ sajātānyajamānāyetyetadvai viśve devā vaiśvānarā diśaḥ kṛtvā tāsvetāmāśiṣamāśāsata tathaivaitadyajamāno diśaḥ kṛtvā tāsvetāmāśiṣamāśāste ### [23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.7) tenaitenāntarataśca bāhyataśca karoti | tasmādeṣāṃ lokānāmantarataśca bāhyataśca diśo'parimitametena karotyaparimittā hi diśaḥ ### [23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.8) ( stāṃ) tāṃ prādeśamātrīmevordhvāṃ karoti | prādeśamātrīṃ tiraścīṃ prādeśamātro vai garbho viṣṇurryonirreṣā garbhasammittāmevaitadyoniṃ karoti ### [23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.9) sā yadi̱ varṣīyasī prādeśātsyāt | (de) etena yujuṣā hasī̱yasī̍ kuryādyadi ha̱sīyasye̱tena̱ varṣayasīm ### [23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.10) (yūm̐) sa yadyekaḥ paśuḥ syāt | (ḍe) 'kaprādeśāṃ kuryādatha yadi pa̱ñca paśuvaḥ syuḥ pa̱ñcaprādeśāṃ kuryādiṣumātrīṃ vā 'vī̱yaṃ vā''hurvīryasammitaiva ta̱dbhavati pa̱ñcaprādeśā ha sma tve̱va pure̱ṣurbha̍vati ### [23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.11) (tyu) atha tira̱śrīṃ rāsnāṃ paryasyati | diśo haivaitaddevā imām̐llokā̱nukhāṃ kṛ̱tvā di̱gbhiru̱daha̍ndi̱gbhiḥ pa̱ryata̍nvaṃsta̱thaivaita̱dyaja̍māna ' i̱mām̐llo̱kā̱nukhāṃ kṛ̱tvā di̱gbhi̱rudaha̍ti digbhiḥ paryatanoti ### [23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.12) tāmuttare vitṛtīye paryasyati | (tyu) a̱tra haiṣām̐ lokānāmantāḥ samā̱yanti tadu̍vainā̍sta̱dha̍ti ### [23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.13) (tya) a̱dityai rā̱snā'sīti | svaruṇyā vai ya̱jñe rajju̱ravaruṇyāmevaināmetadrāstrāṃ kṛtvā paryasyati ### [23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.14) (tyu) atha catasra' ūrdhvāḥ karoti | tūṣṇīmeva diśo haiva tā' etadvai devā imām̐llo̱kānukhāṃ kṛ̱tvā digbhiḥ sarvvato'drm̐ham̐stathaivaitadyajamāna' imām̐llokānukhāṃ kṛtvā digbhiḥ sarvvato dṛrhati ### [23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.15) tā'etā'etasyai bhavanti | ( ntve ) etadvā'etā etāmastabhnuvaṃstathaivaināmetatstabhnuvanti tadyada̱ta ' ūrdhvaṃ tadetayā tiraścyā dṛḍhamatha yada̱to'rvākudetābhiḥ ### [23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.16) ( stuā ) tāsāmagreṣu stunānunnayanti | (ntye) etadvai de̱vā'imām̐llokāntsukhāṃ kṛ̱tvaitai stunaiḥ sarvvākāmānaduhata tathaivaitadyajamāna'imām̐llokāntsukhāṃ kṛ̱tvaitai stunaiḥ sarvvān kāmān duhe ### [23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.17) saiṣā gauraiṣa | ( ve ) ime vai lokā ' ukheṣu lokā gaustasyā'etadūdho yaiṣā tiraścī rāstrā sā vitṛtīye bhavati vitṛtīye hi gorūdhaḥ ### [23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.18) ( stu ) tasyai stunānunnayati | (tyū) ūdhasastatstanānunnayati sā catustanā bhavati catustanā hi gauḥ ### [23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.19) ( stāṃ ) tāem̐ haike dvistanāṃ kurvvanti | ( ntyu ) atho 'aṣṭastanāṃ na tathā kuryādvai vai goḥ kanīyastanāḥ paśavo ye bhūyastanā 'anupajīvanīyatarā vā'asyaite'nupajīvanīyatarāem̐ haināṃ te kurvvantyatho ha te na gāṃ kurvvanta śunīṃ vā'viṃ vā vaḍavāṃ vā tasmāntathā na kuryān ### [23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.20) ( ' ) athāsyai bilamabhipadyate | ( te'di ) aditi̍ṣṭe bilaṃ gṛbhṇātviti vāgvā 'aditiretadvā 'enāṃ devāḥ kṛtvā vācā'dityā viraṣṭhāpayaṃstathaivaināmayametatkṛtvā vācā'dityā niṣṭhāpayati ### [23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.21) tāṃ parigṛhya nidadhāti | kṛtvāya sā mahīmukhā̱miti kṛtvāya sā mahatīmukhā̱mityetanmṛnmayīṃ yonima̱mṛya'iti mṛnmayī hyeṣā yonirasyaiḥ putrebhyaḥ prāyacchadaditiḥ śrapayānnityetaddhā'enāmaditiḥ kṛtvā devebhyaḥ putrebhyaḥ śrapaṇāya prāyacchattathaivaināmayametatkṛtvā devebhyaḥ śrapaṇāya prayacchati ### [23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.22) tā haike tistraḥ kurvvanti | trayo vā'ime lokā'ime lokā' ukhā'iti vvadanto'tho'anyonyasyai prāyaścittyai yadītarā bhetsyate'thaitarasyāṃ bhariṣyāmo yadītarā'thaitarasyāmiti na tathā kuryyādyo vā'eṣu nidhiḥ prathamo'yaᳪ su loko yaḥ pūrvva' ukhirantarikṣaṃ tadya' uttaro dyauḥ sā'tha yadetaccaturthaṃ yajurdiśo haiva tadetāvadvā'idaᳪ sarvvaṃ yāvadime ca lokā diśaśca sa yadatropāharedati tadrecayedyadu vai yajñe'tiriktaṃ kriyate yajamānasya taddviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyamabhyatiricyate yadu bhinnāyai prāyaścittiruttarasmi ᳪstadanvākhyāne ### [23.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.22.p1) iti tṛtīyaprapāṭhake saptamaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [23.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23.7-2) 3 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.23) · Pramāṇa