[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) › 33 # Citikanda 33 Citikāṇḍa 33 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [33.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.1) iti pañcamaprapāṭhake tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 6-5-3 || ( 7. 3. ) atha vātsapreṇopatiṣṭhate | (ta') etadvai prajāpatirviṣṇuqamaiḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tābhyo vātsapreṇāyuṣyamakarottathaivaitadyajamāno viṣṇuqamaiḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tābhyo vātsapreṇāyuṣyaṃ karoti ### [33.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.2) sa haiṣu dākṣāyaṇahastaḥ | ( sto ) yadvātsapraṃ tasmādyaṃ jātaṃ kāmayeta sarvvamāyuriyāditi vātsapreṇainamabhimṛśettasmai jātāyāyuṣyaṃ karoti tatho ha sa sarvvamāyuretyatha yaṃ kāmayeta vīryyavāntsyāditi vikṛtyainaṃ purastādabhimantrayeta tatho ha su vīryyavānbhavati ### [33.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.3) divaspari prathamaṃ jajñe'agniriti | prāṇo vai divaḥ prāṇādu vā'eṣa prathamamajāyatāsmaddvitīyaṃ pari jātavedā'iti yadenamado dvitīyaṃ puruṣavidho'janayattṛtīyamapsiviti yadenamadastṛtīyamadbhyo'janayannṛmaṇā' ajasramiti prajāpatirvai nṛmaṇā' agnirajasra 'indhāna 'enaṃ jarate svādhīrityeti yo vā 'enaminddhe sa' enaṃ janayate svādhīḥ ### [33.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.4) (vvi) vidmā te'agne tredhā trayāṇīti | (tya) agnirvvāyurāditya 'etāni hāsya tāni tredhā trayāṇi vidmā te dhāma vimṛtā purutreti yadidaṃ bahudhā vihiyate vidmā te nāma paramaṃ guhā yaditi yuviṣṭha'iti vā'asya tannāma paramaṃ guhā vidmā tamutsaṃ yata 'ājaganthetyāpo vā'utso'dbhyo vā'eṣa prathamamājagāma ### [33.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.5) samudre tvā nṛmaṇā 'apsravantariti | prajāpatirvai nṛmaṇā'apsu tvā prajāpatirityetannṛcakṣā'īṃdhe divo'agra'ityagnihi prajāpatirvai nṛcakṣā'āpo diva'utthastṛtīyaṃ tvā rajasi tasthivāṃsamiti dyaurvvai tṛtīya rajò'pāmupasthe mahiṣā'avavarddhanniti prāṇā vai mahiṣā divi tvā prāṇā 'avavarddhannityetat ### [33.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.6) ( ttā ) ttā 'etā 'ekavyākhyānāḥ | ( ' ) etamevābhi ttā 'āgneyyastriṣṭubhastā yudāgneyyastenāgniratha yutriṣṭubho yadekādaśa tenendra 'aindrāgno'gniyā̍vānagniyāṃvatyasya mātrā tāvattaivenametadupatiṣṭhata 'indrāgnī vai sarvva devāḥ sarvvadevatyo'gniyāṃvānagniyāṃvatyasya mātrā tāvattaivenametadupatiṣṭhate ### [33.5-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.5-2) tat | “ nṛcakṣā īṃdhe divo'agra'ūdhan ”-iti | prajāpatirvai nṛcakṣāḥ, āpo diva ūdhaḥ “ tṛtīye tvā rajasi tasthivāṃsam ”-iti | dyaurvai tṛtīyaṃ rajaḥ | “ apāmupasthe mahiṣā avaddhan ”-(vā. saṃ. 12| 20) iti | prāṇā vai mahiṣāḥ | divi tvā prāṇā avarddhannityetat ### [33.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.6-2) tā etā ekavyākhyānā etamevābhi | tā āgneyyaḥ triṣṭubhaḥ | tā yadāgneyyaḥ-tenāgniḥ | atha yattriṣṭubhaḥ| yadekādaśa-tenendraḥ | aindrāgno'gniḥ | yāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā-tāvattaivenametadupatiṣṭhate indrāgnī vai sarve devāḥ | sarvadevatyo'gniḥ | yāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattaivenametadupatiṣṭhate ### [33.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.7) yadrevu viṣṇukramavātsapre bhavataḥ | (to ) viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatiriṃ lokamusṛjata vātsapreṇāgniṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirantarikṣamṛsṛjata vātsapreṇa vāyuṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirdivamusṛjata vātsapreṇādityaṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirdiśo'sṛjata vātsapreṇa candramasaṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirbhūtamusṛjata vātsapreṇa bhaviṣyadviṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirvittamusṛjata vātsapreṇāśāṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatiraharasṛjata vātsapreṇa rātriṃ viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatiḥ pūrvvapakṣānasṛjata vātsapreṇāparapakṣānviṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirarddhamāsānasṛjata vātsapreṇa māsānviṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatirṛtūnasṛjata vātsapreṇa saṃvvatsaraṃ tadyadviṣṇukramavātsapre bhavata'etadeva tena sarvvaṃ sṛjate ### [33.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.7-2) yadrevu viṣṇukramavātsapre bhavataḥ | (to ) viṣṇukramairvvai prajāpatiḥ svargaṃ lokamabhiprāyātsa'etadavasānamapaśyadvātsapraṃ tenāvāsthya'pradāhāya vaddhi yaddeva viṣṇukramavātsapre bhavataḥ | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirimaṃ lokamasṛjata | vātsapreṇāgnim (1) viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirantarikṣamasṛjata | vātsapreṇa vāyum (2) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirdivamasṛjata vātsapreṇādityam (3) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirdiśo'sṛjata | vātsapreṇa candramasam (4) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirbhūtamasṛjata | vātsapreṇa bhaviṣyat (5) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirvittamasṛjata | vātsapreṇāśām (6) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatiraharasṛjata | vātsapreṇa rātrim (7) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatiḥ pūrvapakṣānasṛjata | vātsapreṇāparapakṣān (8) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirarddhamāsānasṛjata | vātsapreṇa māsān (9) | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatirṛtūnasṛjata | vātsapreṇa saṃvatsaram (10) | tad yad viṣṇukramavātsapre bhavataḥ-etadeva tena sarvaṃ sṛjate ### [33.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.8) yadveva viṣṇukramavātsapre bhavataḥ | viṣṇukramairvai prajāpatiḥ svargaṃ lokamabhiprāyāt | sa etadavayuktaṃ nu vimucyate pra tuddahyate tathaivaitadyajamāno viṣṇukumairevai svarga lokamabhiprayāti vātsapreṇāvasyati ### [33.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.9) sa vai viṣṇukūmānkrāntvā | ( nvvā'tha ) atha tadānīmeva vātsapreṇopatiṣṭhate yathā prayāyātha tadānīmeva vimuñcettādṛktaddevānāṃ vai vidhāmanu manuṣyāstasmādu heḍamut mānuṣo grāmaḥ prayāyātha tadānīmevāvasyati ### [33.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.10) tadvā 'ahorātre'eva viṣṇukūmā bhavanti | ( ntva ) ahorātre vātsapramahorātre'eva tathyātyahorātre kṣemyo bhavati tasmādu heḍamut mānuṣo grāmo'horātre yātvā'horātre kṣemyo bhavati ### [33.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.11) sa vā 'arddhameva saṃvvatsarusya viṣṇukramānkrūmate | ( te'rddha ) arddha vvātsapreṇopatiṣṭhate madhye ha saṃvvatsarusya svargo lokaḥ sa yatkanīyo'rddhātkrameta na haita svargaṃ lokumabhiprāpnuyādatha yadbhūyo'rddhātparāṅṅkaheta svargaṃ lokumatipraṇuśyedatha yadarddhaṃ krūmate'rddhamupatiṣṭhate tatsamprati svargaṃ lokumāptvā vimuñcate ### [33.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.12) tābhyāṃ vai viparyāsamiti | yuthā mahāntamadhvānaṃ vimoka samaśnuvīta tādṛktasya vai purastāccopariṣṭāccobhe viṣṇukramavātsapre sumasyantyahrarvai viṣṇukramā rātrivvātsaprametadvā'idūm̐ sarvvaṃ prajāpatiḥ prajanayiṣyaṃśca prajanayitvā cāhorātrābhyāmubhayutaḥ paryyagṛhṇāttathaivaitadyajamāna 'idūm̐ sarvvaṃ prajanayiṣyaṃśca prajanayitvā cāhorātrābhyāmubhayutaḥ parigṛhṇāti ### [33.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.13) tudāhuḥ | ( rya ) yudahārhaviṣṇukramā gutrirvvātsapramuthobhe'evāhanbhavato na rātryāṃ kathamusyāpi rātryāṃ kṛte bhavata 'hutyetadvā'ene'ado dīkṣamāṇaḥ purastādaparā'ubhe samasyati gutrirhaitadyudaparāhna 'thaina'etutsannivapsyunnupariṣṭātpūrvāhna'ubhe samasyatyurhaitadyutpūrvāhna 'evumu hāsyobhe'evāhan kṛte bhavata ' ubhe rātryām ### [33.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.14) (tham̐)sa yadahaḥ sannivapsyantsyāt| (tta) tadahaḥ prātarudita 'āditye bhasmaiva prathamamudrupati bhasmoddhṛtya vyācaṃ visṛjate vyācaṃ visṛjya samidhamādadhāti samidhamādhāya bhasmāpo'bhyavaharati yathaiva tsyābhyavaharaṇaṃ tathā'pādāya bhasmanaḥ pratyetyokhāyāmopyaupatiṣṭhate'tha prāyaścittī karoti ### [33.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33.15) sa yadi viṣṇukramīyamahaḥ syāt | (dvi ) viṣṇukramānkrāntvā vātsapreṇopatiṣṭhe̱thātha yadi vātsapratīyaṃ vātsapreṇopasthāya viṣṇukramānkrāntvā vātsapramantataḥ kuryānna viṣṇukramānantataḥ kuryādyathā prayāya na vimuñcettādṛktadatha yadvātsapramantataḥ karoti pratiṣṭhā vai vātsapraṃ yathā pratiṣṭhāpayedavasāyayettādṛktattasmādvātsapramevāntataḥ kuryāt --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.33) · Pramāṇa