[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) › 53.4 # Citikanda 53.4 Citikāṇḍa 53.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53.4) atha mantragatānupūrvyā ṛksāmagrahāṇāṃ pratīyamānamānantaryamāśaṅkya samādhatte-tadāhuryadgrahāya gṛhītāyetyādinā | evaṃ hyanuṣṭhānakramaḥ-prathamaṃ grahagrahaṇam, paścātstotram, tadanantaraṃ śastramiti | nanvata gāyatrādisāmāni vaiparītyenopadadhātītyākṣepaḥ | saṃsthā vā iti | ' saṃsthā ' niṣpattiḥ ' anvīkṣitavyā ' anukrameṇa draṣṭavyā | pratipadyate devatāsvarūpaṃ jñāyate anayeti ' pratipat ' tayā khalu ' ṛcā ' prathamamaindravāyavādi-' graho gṛhyate, ' tataḥ sāmādhārabhūtāyām ' ṛci ' ' sāma gīyate ' sāmagānaṃ kriyate ' tat ' tasmātsāṅga ṛgāśritatvācca pṛṣṭhapadatvād grahagrahaṇātpūrvabhāvitvāt, ṛcāṃ gāyatrītriṣṭubādīnāṃ, sāgnāṃ gāyetrasāmnādīnāṃ ca upāṃśvādiyahebhyaḥ pūrvamupadhānamutpattikramānurodhādyuktamityarthaḥ | tathā prayogakramānusāreṇātadāhuḥ | (yaṃ) yadetattrayam̐ saha kriyate graha stotram̐ śastramathātra stotraṃ copadadhāti kathamasyātrāpi śastramupahitaṃ bhavatīti yadbhāva tucchastraṃ yāsu hyeve stuvate tā'''evātuśam̐santyevamu hāsyātrāpi mupahitaṃ bhavati - [Previous: 53.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53.2) - [Next: 53.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53.5) - [Up: 53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.53.4) · Pramāṇa