[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) › 49.6 # Citikanda 49.6 Citikāṇḍa 49.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49.6) vyasiṣṭha'ṛṣiriti | prāṇò vai vyasiṣṭha'ṛṣiryadvai tu śreṣṭhastena vyasiṣṭho'tho yadvastutamo vyasati teno'eva vyasiṣṭhaḥ prajāpatigṛhītayā tvayeti prajāpatisṛṣṭayā tvayetyetatprāṇaṃ gṛhṇāmi prajābhya'iti prāṇaṃ purastātprāpādadhata nānopa̍dadhāti ye nānā kāmāḥ prāṇe tāṃstaddadhāti sakṛtsādayatyekaṃ tatprāṇaṃ karotyatha yannānā sādayetprāṇam̐3 ha vicchindyātsaiṣā trivṛdiṣṭakā yajuḥ sādanam̐ sūddohāstrivṛttrivṛddhirvāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvattatkṛ̱tvopadadhāti - [Previous: 49.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49.5) - [Next: 49.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49.7) - [Up: 49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.49.6) · Pramāṇa