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# Citikanda 46.20

Citikāṇḍa 46.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [46.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.46.20)

tadāhuḥ | kathamasyaitāvātmānau prāṇena suṃtatāvuvyavacchinnau bhuvata 'iti  
prāṇo vai svayamātṛṇṇā prāṇo dūrvveṣṭakā yajamāno dviyajuḥ sa yada̱nanta̍rhitāṃ svayamātṛṇṇāyai dūrveṣṭakāmupadadhāti prāṇenaiva tatprāṇa m̐ sa̍ṃtanoti  
saṃdadhātyatha yadanantarhitāṃ dūrvveṣṭakāyai dviyajuṣamupadadhāti prāṇo vai dūrvveṣṭakā yajamāno dviyaju̍revamu hāsyaitāvātmānau prāṇena saṃtatāvavyavacchinnau bhavataḥ

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