[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) › 44.61 # Citikanda 44.61 Citikāṇḍa 44.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [44.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44.61) evamāhavanīyadeśasya saṃskārasamanantaraṃ kartavyaṃ prākṛtaṃ prayogajātamanukrāman prāguktayoḥ āgnikasaumikayoḥ karmaṇorvyatiṣaṅgaṃ darśayati-āpyānavatībhyāmityādinā | ' pratyetya' uttaravedideśāt prāgvaṃśaṃ pratyāgatyetyarthaḥ | anyannigadavyākhyātam | prathamapravargyopasadantaṃ kartavyamiti samudāyārthaḥ | anantaramāgnikasya karmaṇaḥ praveśaṃ darśayati-ayaitāmiti | 'atha '-śabdaḥ prathamopasadānantarye | 'ānaḍuhe 'lohite ' carmaṇi ' ' etām ' prathama- citim ' prathamacityarthamiṣṭakāsamūham ' samavaśamayanti ' samyagyutāvakṣepeṇa taptānāmiṣṭakānāṃ śamanaṃ kuryuurityarthaḥ | tasya śamanasya carmādhikaraṇatāṃ stauti-tadyaccarmaṇi carma vai rūpamiti | carmasambandhinā lomnā nānāvarṇopetatvādastvagādīnāmantaradhātūnāṃ tvacā''cchādane sati rūpakaraṇatvena carmaṇo rūpātmakatā | ataśca tasminniṣṭakānidhānaṃ sarveṣām ' rūpāṇām ' prāptyai sampadyata ityarthaḥ | tacca lomapradeśe kartavyamiti vidhāya stauti-lomata iti | lauhityaguṇaṃ carmaṇo vidhāya stauti-rohita iti | etat sarvaṃ kātyāyanenāpi sūtritam-" ātithyaśeṣādyaupasadaḥ kṛtvā rohite carmaṇyānaḍuhe'ntaḥpātyasya purastādiṣṭakāḥ karoti prathamaciteḥ "-( kā. śrau. sū. 17 - [Previous: 44.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44.1-2) - [Next: 44.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44.9) - [Up: 44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44) ## Linked texts (1) - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana-school.katyayana.17.3.17) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.44.61) · Pramāṇa