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( ma ) asau sa̱' ādityaḥ sa hiraṇmayo bhavati jyotirvai hiraṇyaṃ jyotireṣo'mṛtam̐ hiraṇyamamṛtameṣa parimaṇḍalo bhavati parimaṇḍalo hyeṣa' ekavim̐śatinirbādha ekavim̐śo hyeṣa bahiṣṭhānirbādhaṃ bibhartti raśmayo vā'etasya nirbādhā bāhyata' u vā'etasya raśmayaḥ ### [30.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.3) yudveva rukmaṃ pratimucya bibhartti | ( rtya ) asau vā'āditya 'eṣu rukmo no haitamagniṃ manuṣyo manuṣyarūpeṇa yantumarhatyetenaiva rūpeṇaitadrūpaṃ bibhartti ### [30.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.4) yudveva rukmaṃ pratimucya bibhartti | reto vā'idum̐ siktamuyamagnirastejo vvīryyam̐ rukmo'smim̐stadetasi tejo vvīryyaṃ dadhāti ### [30.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.5) yudveva rukmaṃ pratimucya bibhartti | ( rtya ) etadvai devā 'abibhayuryyadvai na 'imamiha rakṣām̐si nāṣṭrā nu hanyuriti tusmā'etamantikādgoptāramakurvvannamumevādityamasau vā'āditya'eṣu rukmastuthaivāsmā 'ayametumantikādgoptāraṃ karoti ### [30.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.6) kṛṣṇājine niṣcyūto bhavati | yajño vai kṛṣṇājinaṃ yajño vā'etaṃ yantumarhati yajñenaitaṃ devā'abibharuryyajñenaivaitametadvibhartti lomataśchandām̐si vai lomāni cchandām̐si vā'etaṃ yantumarhanti cchandobhiretaṃ devā'abibharuśchandobhirevainametadvibharti ### [30.6.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.6.p1) tya) abhi śuklāni ca kṛṣṇāni ca lomāni niṣpyūto bhavati | (tyu ### [30.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.7) ṛksāmayorhaite rūpe'ṛksāme vā'etaṃ yantumarhato'ṛksāmyābhyāmetaṃ devā 'abibharuruksāmyābhyāmevainametadvibharti śāṇo rukmapāśastrivṛttasyokto bandhuḥ ### [30.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.8) ( śatam 3800 || ) (stu ) tamuparinābhi bibharti | (tyam̐ ) asau vā'āditya 'eṣa rukma 'uparinābhyu vā'eṣaḥ ### [30.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.9) ( ṣadyu ) dyudvaivopari̱nābhi | ( bhyu ) a̱vāgvai nābhe reta̍ḥpra̱jāti̍stejo vvī̱ryam̐ rukmo nenme reta̍ḥpra̱jātiṃ tejo vvī̱ryam̐ rukmaḥ pradahā̱diti̍ ### [30.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.10) dyudvaivopari̱nābhi | ( bhye ) etadvai pa̱śorma̍dhyataraṃ yudupa̍rinābhi purīṣasam̐ hitataraṃ yadavāṅnābhestadya̱deva pa̱śorma̍dhyataraṃ tenainametadvibhartti ### [30.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.11) dyudvaivopari̱nābhi | yadvai prāṇasyāmṛ̍tamū̱rddhaṃ tannābheru̱ttvaiḥ prāṇairuñca̍ra̱tyatha yanmarttyaṃ parā̱ktannābhimabhyatyeti tadya̱deva prāṇasyāmṛ̱taṃ ta̱denametada̱bhi sampā̍dayati tenainametadvibhartti ### [30.9-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.9-2) (rtyaṃ ) athainamāsandyā bibhartti | ( rttī ) iyaṃ vā 'āsa̱ndyasyām̐ hīdam̐ uktamuparinābhitvaṃ bahudhā praśaṃsati-yadvaivoparinābhyavāg vai nābherītyādinā | retasaḥ ' prajātiḥ ' utpattiḥ nābheravāk pradeśe khalu, ataḥ ' tejovīryarūpaḥ rukmaḥ ' tāṃ ' prajātiṃ ' pradahet, tataḥ ' net ' naiveṣṭam | " netyeṣa idityanena samprayujyate paribhaye " iti ( vā. ni. 1|3 ### [30.9-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.9-3) ) niruktam ### [30.10-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.10-2) prakārāntareṇa praśaṃsati-yadvaivoparinābhīti | ' etadvai paśormadhyataraṃ ' yannābherūpariṣṭād varttamānaṃ hṛdayādikam ' nābheḥ ' ' avāg ' arvāgpradeśe ' yat ' ' aṅgam, ' ' tat ' ' purīṣasaṃhitataram ' atyantaṃ purīṣeṇa sahitam tadyadevetyādi, spaṣṭam ### [30.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.11-2) uparidhāraṇamamṛtasyoparidhāraṇatayā praśaṃsan gatibhedena mṛtyāmṛtavibhāgamāha-yadvaivoparinābhi yadvai prāṇasyeti | prāṇasya dvāvaṃśau, amṛrttāśo mṛtāṃśaśca, tatrāmṛtākhyo yoṃ'śo'sti nābherūrdhvapradeśe, saḥ ' ūrdhvaiḥ prāṇaiḥ ' 'uccarati' udvacchati; yaḥ martyo'śaḥ sa nābheḥ 'parāk' arvāṅmukhaḥ san 'nābhim' ' abhyeti ' atigacchati vibhāgapradarśanaprayojanamāha-tad yadeveti | ' tat ' ' prāṇasya ' ' amṛtam ' aṃśam ' enam abhi ' āmuṣyāgrerupari ' sampādayati ' | ' etat ' etena, nābherūpari sampādanena ' enam ' agnim ' tena ' amṛtena ' bibharti ' ### [30.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.12) ukhāgne rukmasyopari dhāraṇaṃ vidhāya tatrāpyāsandyāṃ dhāraṇaṃ kartavyamityāha-athainamāsandāmiti | āsandīsurvvamā̱āsanna̱miyaṃ vā'etaṃ yuntumarha̱tyanayaitaṃ devā 'abibharuranayai̱vainametaddbibhartti ### [30.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.13) ( tyoṃ ) audumbarī bhavati | (tyu) 'mūrvai rasa ' udumbara ''urjevaiainametadrasena bibharttyatho survva'ete vvunaspatayo yududumbaraḥ survvai vā'etaṃ vvunaspatayo yuntumarhanti survvaraitaṃ vanaspatibhirdevā' abibharuḥ sarvairevainametadvanaspatibhirvibhartti ### [30.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.14) prādeśamā̱tryūrdhvā bhavati | prādeśamātro vai gurbho dviṣṇuryonireṣā garbhasammitāṃ tatdyoniṃ karotyaratnimātrī tiraśro bāhurvā'aratnarbāhuno vai vvīryyaṃ kriyate vvīryyasammitāaiva tadbhavati vvīryaṃ vā 'etaṃ yuntumarhati vvīryeṇaitaṃ devā'abibharurvvīryeṇaivainametaddbibhartti ### [30.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.12-2) catuḥsraktayaḥ pādā bhavanti | catuḥsraktīnyanūcyāni catasro vai diśo pravṛttinimittaṃ pṛthivyāṃ sampādyan tadātmakatvasampādanadvāreṇa praśaṃsati-iyaṃ vā āsandīti | āsīdantyatrāgnirityāsandī, iyaṃ pṛthivyapi sarvasyāpi padārthasyāsadanayogyatvāt āsandī; tathā ca sati asyāmeva bhṛtavān bhavatītyarthaḥ | iyaṃ vā etaṃ yantumityādi pūrvavat ### [30.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.13-2) āsandyā audumbaratvaṃ vidhāya praśaṃsati-audumbarī bhavati, ūrvai rasa iti | ūrdhvapūrva sarvavanaspatyātmakatvaṃ ca ukhyasamidādhānaprastāve prāguktam (śa. pa. 6|6|3|2) | sarve vā ityādi, pūrvavat ### [30.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.14-2) ūrdhvapramāṇaṃ vidhāya stauti-prādeśamātrīti | garbharūpiṇo yajñasya viṣṇoreṣā āsandī api tadādhārabhūtā, ataḥ prādeśapramāṇo ' yoniṃ ' ' garbhasammitāṃ ' garbhasamaparimāṇāṃ ' karoti ' | tiryak pramāṇamāha-aratnimātrīti | tiraścīti | dviprādeśo'ratniḥ, dvayoraratnyorbāhuḥ | kiṃ tataḥ ityāha-bāhuno vai vīrya kriyata iti | 'bāhunā u' bāhunaiva | 'tat ' tasmāt ' vīryasammitā' ' bhavati ' prahārasamaye tathā darśanāt ### [30.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.15) catuḥsraktaya iti | ' pādāḥ' catvāro'pi ' catuḥsaktayaḥ' sakticatuṣṭayopetāḥ syuḥ, ' anūcyāni ' diśo 'vāḍaetaṃ mu̱ttuma̱rhanti digbhiretaṃ devā 'avibharuṅgibhirevainametadvibhartti mauñjībhī ra̱jjubhirvyūtā bhavati trivṛdbhistasyokto bandhurmudā digdhā ta̱syo ''evokto'tho ''anatidāhāya ### [30.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.16) ( yā ) athenaṃ 1 śikyena vibhartti | ( ttīṃ ) ime vai lokā ' eṣo'gniśiḥ śikyaṃ digbhirhāme lokāḥ śaknuvanti sthātuṃ mucchaknuvanti tasmācchikyaṃ digbhirevainametadvibhartti ṣaḍudyāmaṃ bhavati ṣaddhi diśo mautraṃ trivṛttasyokto bandhurmudā digghaṃ ta̱syo''evokto'tho ''anatidāhāya ### [30.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.17) tasyāpa'eva pratiṣṭhā | ( ṣṭhā'psu ) apsu hīme lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitā'āditya 'āsañjanamāditye hīme lokā digbhigrāsaktāḥ sa yo haitadevaṃ veda̍tenaiva rūpe̍ṇatadrūpaṃ bibhartti ### [30.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.18) yadvevainam̐ śikyena bibhartti | saṃvatsaru'eṣo'gnikṛtavaḥ śikyamṛ̱tubhi̍rhi saṃvatsaraḥ śaknoti sthātuṃ yucchaknoti tasmācchikyamṛ̱tubhi̍raivenametadvibhartti ṣaḍbāmaṃ bhavati ṣaḍḍhyṛtavaḥ ### [30.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.19) ( stu ) tasyāhorātre'eva̱ pratiṣṭhā | (ṣṭhā 'ho) ahorātrayo̱rhyayuṃ saṃvatsaraḥ pratiṣṭhitaścandramā'āsañjanaṃ candramasi hyaya sa̍mvatsa̱ra'ṛ̱tubhigrāsaktaḥ sa yo haitadevaṃ veda̍tenaiva̱ rūpe̍ṇatadrūpaṃ bibhartti tasya ha vā'eṣa saṃvvatsarabhṛto bhavati ya̱'evaṃ veda saṃvvatsaropāsito haiva tasya bhavati ya 'evaṃ na ve̍detyadhidevatam ### [30.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.20) ( śatapathasyārdham || kāṇḍakāḥ3812) (su) athādhyātmam | (mvā) ātmaivāgniḥ prāṇāḥ śikyaṃ prāṇairhyayumātmā śaknoti sthātuṃ yucchaknoti tusmācchikyaṃ prāṇairevainametadvibhartti ṣaḍḍyā bhavati ṣaḍḍhi prāṇāḥ ### [30.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.21) (stu ) tusya muna 'eva pratiṣṭhā | munasi hyayumātmā pratiṣṭhito'nnamāsuñjanamunne hyayumātmā prāṇairāsaktaḥ sa yo haitadevaṃ vedatenaiva rūpeṇetadrūpaṃ bibhartti ### [30.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.22) (rtyu) athainamukhayā bibhartti | (rtī) ime vai lokā 'ukhyeme vā'etaṃ lokā yuntumarhantyebhiretaṃ lokairdevā'abibharurebhirevainametallokairvibhartti ### [30.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.23) sā yadvṛttā nāma | (mai) etadvai devā 'etena karmaṇaitayā''vṛtemām̐llokānudakhananyududakhanam̐stasmādutkholkhā ha vai tāmukhetyācakṣate paro'kṣaṃ paro'kṣakāmā hi devāḥ ### [30.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.25) (sta) taddvā'ukheti dve 'akṣare | dvipādyajamāno yajamāno'gniryāvānāgniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivaimametadbibhartti so 'eva kumbhī sā sthālī tatṣaḍ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsuro'gniryāvānagniyoṃvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati 24 (tyu) athainamṣiṇḍvābhyāṃ parigṛhṇāti | (tya) asau vā'āditya ' eṣo'gnirahorātre'iṇḍve'amuṃ tadādityamahorātrābhyāṃ parigṛhṇāti tasmādeṣo'horātrābhyāṃ parigṛhītaḥ ### [30.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.26) (to) ya̱dvaivaināmi̱ṇḍvābhyāṃ parigṛhṇāti | (tya) asau vā 'āditya ' eṣo'gniri̱mā 'u lokāvi̱ṇḍve 'a̱muṃ ta̱dādityamābhyāṃ lokābhyāṃ parigṛhṇāti ta̱smāde̱ve ābhyāṃ lokābhyāṃ parigṛhītaḥ parimaṇḍale bhavataḥ parimaṇḍalām̐ hī̱mau lokām̐ mauñje trivṛtī ta̱syokto bandhu̍rmṛdā digdhe ta̱syo'e̱vokto'tho'a̱natidāhāya ### [30.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.27) ( yā ) athātaḥ sampa̱deva | ( vā ) āsandī cokhā ca śikyañca rukmapāśa̱ścāgniśca rukmaśca tatpaṭ ṣaḍṛtavaḥ saṃvvatsaraḥ saṃvvatsa̱ro'gniyavānagniryāvantyasya mātrā tāvatta̱dbhavatya̱ṇḍave tadaṣṭāvaṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī gāya̱tro'gniyavānagniryāvantyasya mātrā tāvatta̱dbhavati ### [30.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30.28) ( tyu ) atha sarvvasampat | ( ttva ) catvāraḥ pādāścatvāryyanūcyāni śikyaṃ ca rukmapāśaśca yadu kiñca rajjumya śikyaṃ tadanūkhā'gnī rukmastattrayodaśa trayodaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniyāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattadbhavati ## Linked texts (2) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.6.7.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kanviyasatapathabrahmana.46.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.30) · Pramāṇa