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# Citikanda 51

Citikāṇḍa 51

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [51.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.51.1)

iti prathamaprapāṭhake dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8-1-2 || ( 1. 2.)  
tadāhuḥ | kiṃ prāṇāḥ kiṃ prāṇabhṛta̱'iti prāṇā'e̱va prāṇā̍'ṅgāni  
prāṇabhṛtyaṅgāni hi prāṇā̱nbibhra̍ti prāṇāstveva̍ prāṇā̱'anna̍ṃ prāṇa̱bhṛdannaṃ  
hi prāṇā̱nbibhra̍ti

### [51.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.51.11)

tā daśa-daśopadadhāti | daśākṣarā virāṭ | virāḍu kṛtsnamannam | sarvamevāsminnetatkṛtsnamannaṃ  
dadhāti | sarvata upadadhāti | sarvata evāsminnetatkṛtsnamannaṃ dadhāti | tā haitā virāja etānprāṇānvibhrati | yatprāṇānvibhrati | tasmātprāṇabhṛtaḥ

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.51) · Pramāṇa