[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) › 25 # Citikanda 25 Citikāṇḍa 25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.1) iti caturthaprapāṭhake prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam || 6-4-1 || ( 5. 3. ) a̱thainama̱syāṃ khanati | ( tye ) etadvai devā 'abibhayuryadvai na' ima̱miha ra̱kṣām̐si nāṣṭrā na ha̱nyuriti̱ tasmā̍'imāme̱vātmānamakurvvangu̱ptyā 'ātmā''tmāna̍ṃ go̱psyatīti ### [25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.2) tāṃ vā'adityā khanati | (tī) iyaṃ vā'aditirno vā'ātmā''tmāna̍m̐ hinastyahim̐sāyai yada̱nyayā̍ de̱vata̍yā khane̱ddhim̐syā̍dvainam ### [25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.3) ( mu ) aditiṣṭvā de̱vī vi̱śvade̍vyāvatī | pṛthi̱vyāḥ sa̱dhasthe'aṅgirasva̱tkhanatvava̍ṭa̱myava̍ṭo haiṣa de̱vatrā'tra̱ sā vai̍ṇa̱vya̱bhrirutsī̍dati catuḥsraktireṣa kūpo̍ bhavati catasro vai diśa̍ḥ sarvābhya̍' evainameta̱ddigbhya̍ḥ khanatyatha pacanamavadhāyāṣāḍhāmupadadhāti tūṣṇīmeva tām̐ hi pūrvī karoti ### [25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.4) ( tyu ) athokhāmavadadhāti | de̱vānāṃ tvā patnī̍rdevīrviśvade̱vyāva̍tīḥ pṛthi̱vyāḥ sa̱dhasthe 'aṅgira̱svaddadhatūkha 'iti de̱vānām̐ haitāma̱gre patnīrdevīviśva̍de̱vyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sa̱dhasthe̍'ṅgirasva̱ddbhrustābhi̱raivaināmetaddadhāti tā ha tā' oṣadhayo ya̱doṣadhayo vai devānāṃ patnya' oṣadhibhirhīda sarvm̐ hitamoṣadhibhirevaināmetaddadhātyatha viśvajyotiṣo'vadadhāti tūṣṇīṃmevātha pacanamavadhāyyābhīnddhe ### [25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.5) dhiṣaṇāstvā devīḥ | ( nvi ) viśva̍de̱vyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sadha̱sthe'aṅgirasvattudabhīndhatāmukhe'ḍūti dhiṣaṇā haitāmugne devīrviśva̍de̱vyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sadha̱sthe'ṅgirasva̱dbhiri̍ire̱ tābhi̱revaināmeta̱dubhīnddhe sā hu sā vā̱geva vāgvai dhiṣaṇā vācāhye̱da sarvvamiddhaṃ vācaivaināmetadubhīnddhe'thaitāni trīṇi yajūṃthyīkṣamāṇa e̱va japati̍ ### [25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.8) jana̱yastvvā'cchidrapatrā devīḥ | (viṃ ) viśvavadevyāvatīḥ pṛthivyāḥ sadha̱sthe'aṅgirasvatpacantūkhā'iti janayo haitāmagra'cchidrapatrā de̱vīṃviśvadevyāvatīḥ pṛ̍thivyāḥ sadha̱sthe'ṅgi̱irasva̍tpacūntābhi̱iravaināmeta̱tpacati tāni ha̱ tāni̱ nakṣa̍trāṇyeva nakṣa̍trāṇi vai janayo ye hi janāḥ puṇyakṛtaḥ svargaṃ lo̱kaṃ yunti te̱ṣāme̱tāni̱ jyotīṃ ṣaipi̱ nakṣa̍traira̱vaināmetatpacati ### [25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.9) sa vai khanatyekena | (nā ) avadadhātyeke̱nābhindva' ekena śrapayatyeke̱na dvābhyā̍ṃ pacati ta̱smāddviḥ saṃvvatsarasyānnaṃ pacyate tāni ṣaṭ sampadyante ṣaḍṛtavaḥ saṃvvatsaraḥ saṃvvatsa̱ro'gniryāvānagnivaryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati ### [25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.10) ( tyu ) atha mitra̱sya carṣaṇīdhṛta'iti | maitreṇa yajuṣopanyācarati yāvatkiyaccopanyācarati na vai mitraṃ kañcana hinasti na mitraṃ kaścana hinasti tatho haiṣa'etāṃ na hinasti no'etumeṣā tāṃ divaivo'pavapeddi̱ivodvapedahahyaigmiyam ### [25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.11) tā sāvitreṇa yajuṣodvapati | savitā vai prasavitā savitṛprasūta'evaināmetadudvapati deva̱stvā savittodvapatu supāṇiḥ svaṅguriḥ subāhusta śaktyeti survvamu hyetatsavitā ### [25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.12) ( ṣṭhā'thai ) athaināṃ paryyāvarttayati | ( tyu ) avyathamānā pṛthivyāmāśā diśa' āpṛṇetyavyathamānā tvaṃ pṛthivyāmāśā diśo rasenāpūrayetyetat ### [25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.14) ( ṣṭha ) athaināmudyacchati | ( tyu ) utthāya bṛhatī bhavetyutthāya hīme lokā bṛhanta' udu tiṣṭha dhruvā tvamityudu tiṣṭha sthirā tvaṃ pratiṣṭhitetyetat 13 ( ṣṭhāṃ ) tāṃ parigṛhya nidadhāti | mitraitāṃ ta'ukhāṃ paridadāmyabhittyā 'eṣā mā bhedītyayaṃ vai vāyurmitro yo'yaṃ pavate tasmā 'puvaināmetatparidadāti guptyai te heme lokā mitraguptāstasmādeṣāṃ lokānāṃ na kiñcana mīyate ### [25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.15) ( 'thai ) athaināmācchṛṇatti | sthemne nvevātho karmaṇaḥ prakṛtatāyai yadvevācchṛṇatti śira'etadyajñasya yadukhā prāṇaḥ payaḥ śīrṣastatprāṇaṃ dadhātyatho yoṣā vā'ukhā yoṣāyāṃ tatpayo dadhāti tasmādyoṣāyāṃ payaḥ ### [25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.16) ( yo'jā ) ajāyai payasā''cchṛṇatti | prajāpatervai śokādajāḥ samabhavanprajāpatiragnino vā' ātmā''tmāna hiṃstyahim̐sāyai yadvevājāyā 'ajā ha sarvā'oṣadhīratti sarvāṃsāmevaināmetadoṣadhīnā rasainācchṛṇatti ### [25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25.17) vvasavastvā''cchṛndantu gāyatreṇa cchandasā'ṅgirasvadrudrāstvā''cchṛndantu traiṣṭubhena cchandasā'ṅgirasvadādityāstvā''cchṛndantu jāgatena cchandasā'ṅgirasvadviśve tvā devā vaiśvānarā 'ācchṛndantvānuṣṭubhena cchandasā'ṅgirasvaḍityetābhirevaināmetaddevatābhirācchṛṇatti sa vai yābhireva devatābhiḥ karoti tābhirdhūpayati tābhirācchṛṇatti yo vāva karma karoti sa'eva tasyopacāraṃ veda tasmādyābhireva devatābhiḥ karoti tābhirdhūpayati tābhirācchṛṇatti ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina (ed. Shuklayajurveda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.samhita.suklayajur*vajasaneyi*madhyandina*shuklayajurveda.11.64.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.25) · Pramāṇa