[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) › [Citikanda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda) › 55 # Citikanda 55: atha dvitīye'dhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam Citikāṇḍa 55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha dvitīye'dhyāye prathamaṃ brāhmaṇam ### [55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.1) prathamaprapāṭhake ca pañcamaṃ brāhmaṇam dvitīyaṃ citimupadadhāti | ( tye ) etadvai devāḥ prathamāṃ citiṃ citvā samārohannayaṃ vai lokaḥ prathamā citirimumeva talloka sam̐skṛtya samārohan ### [55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.2) ( huṃste ) te'bruvan | ( vaṃśre ) cetayadhvamiti citimicchateti vāva tadabruvannita ' ūrdhvamicchateti te cetayamānā' etāṃ dvitīyāṃ citimapaśyanyadūrdhvaṃ pṛthivyā ' arvācīnamantarikṣātteṣāmeṣa loko 'dhruva ivāpratiṣṭhita'iva manasyāsīt ### [55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.3) ( te ) te'śvināvabruvan | ( nyu ) yuvaṃ vai brahmāṇau bhiṣajau stho yuvaṃ na 'imāṃ dvitīyāṃ citimupadhattamiti kiṃ no tato bhaviṣyatīti yuvameva no'syā'agnicityāyā' adhvaryū bhaviṣyatha 'iti tatheti tebhya 'etāmaśvinau dvitīyāṃ citimupādhattāṃ tasmādāhuraśvināveva devānāmadhvaryū'iti ### [55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.4) sa 'upaddhāti | dhruvakṣitirdhruvayoniśruvā'sīti yadvai sthiraṃ yatpratiṣṭhitaṃ taddhruvamatha vā'eṣāmeṣa loko'dhruva'ivāpratiṣṭhita 'iva manasyāsīttamevaitatsthiraṃ dhruvaṃ kṛtvā pratyadhattāṃ dhruvaṃ yonimāsīda sādhuyeti sthiraṃ yonimāsīda sādhuyetyetaduruyasya ketuṃ prathamaṃ juṣāṇetyayaṃ vā'agniruruyastasyaiṣa prathamaḥ keturyatprathamā citistāṃ juṣāṇetyetadaśvinā'dhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū'upādhattām ### [55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.5) ( ṅa ) kulāyinī ghṛtavatī puraṃdhiriti | kulāyamiva vai dvitīyā citiḥ syonam̐ sīda sadane pṛthivyā 'iti pṛthivī vai prathamā citistasyai śive syone sīda sadana'ityetadabhi tvā rudrā vasavo gṛṇantvityetāstvāṃ devatā' abhigṛṇantvityete̱dimā brahma pīpihi saubhagāyetīmā brahmaṇi saubhagāyetyetadaśvinā'dhvaryu sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū'upādadhattām ### [55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.6) ( tham̐ ) svairdakṣairdakṣapiteha sīdeti | svena vīryeṇeha sīdetyetadde̱vānām̐ sumne bṛhate raṇāyeti devānām̐ sumnāya mahate raṇāyetye̱tatpitevaidhi sūnava'ā suśeveti yathā pitā putrāya syonaḥ suśeva'eva suśevaidhītye̱tatsvāveśā tanvā saṃviśasvetyātmā vai tanūḥ svāveśenātmanā saṃviśasvetye̱tadaśvinādhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū'upādhattām ### [55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.7) (mpṛ) pṛthivyāḥ purīṣamasīti | pṛthivī vai prathamā citistasyā 'etatpurīṣamiva yadvitīyā'pso nāmeti raso nāmetyetattāṃ tvā viśve'abhigṛṇantu devā'iti tāṃ tvā sarve'bhigṛṇantu devā'ityetatstomapṛṣṭhā ghṛtavarttanti tāntstomānasyāṃ tasya̍māno bhavati tairaiṣā stomapṛṣṭhā prajāvadasmai draviṇa''yajasveti prajāvadasmai draviṇamāyajasvetyetadaśvinā'dhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū'upādhattām ### [55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.8) (ntā) tā'etā diśaḥ | (stā) tā reta̍ḥsicorvelyopadadhātīme vai reta̍ḥsicāvanayostaddiśo dadhāti tasmādanayordiśaḥ sarvvata'upaddhāta sarvvatastaddiśo dadhāti tasmātsarvvato diśaḥ sarvvataḥ samīcīḥ sarvvatastutsamīcīrdiśo dadhāti tasmātsarvvataḥ samīcyo diśrastā nānopadadhāti nānā sādayati nānā sūdadohasā'dhivadati nānā hi diśaḥ ### [55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.9) (śo'tha ) atha pañcamīṃ diśyāmupadadhāti | (tyū) ūrdhvā ha sā diksā yā sordhvā diggsau su'ādityo'sumevaitadādityamupadadhāti tāmuntareṇa dakṣiṇāṃ diśāmuṣadadhātyamuṃ tadādityama̱ntareṇa dakṣiṇāṃ diśaṃ dadhāti tasmādeṣo'ntareṇa dakṣiṇāṃ diśameti ### [55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.10) ( tyu ) ādityāstvvā pṛṣṭhe sādayāmīti | ( tī ) iyaṃ vā'aditirasyāmevainametatpratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhāpayatyanturikṣasya dhartrīṃ viṣṭambhanīṃ diśāmadhipatnīṃ bhuvanānāmityuntarikṣasya hyeṣa dharttā viṣṭambhano diśāmadhipatirbhuvanānāmūrmmirdrapso'apāmasīti raso vā'ūrmmirviścakarmā ta'ṛṣiriti prajāpatirvvai viśvakarmā prajāpatisṛṣṭā'sītyetadaśvinā'dhvaryū sādayatāmiha tvetyaśvinau hyadhvaryū'upādhattām ### [55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.11) yudvaivaitā 'āśvinīrupadadhāti | prajāpatiṃ visrastaṃ devutā'ādāya vyudrakāmaṃstasya yudūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhāyā'avācīnaṃ mudhyāttadasyāśvināvādāyoṃtkramyātiṣṭhatām ### [55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.12) ( ntā ) tāvabravīt | ( du ) upa metaṃ prati ma'etaddhattaṃ yena me yuvumudukramiṣṭamiti kiṃ nau tato bhaviṣyatīti yuvadevatyametra ma'etudātmano bhaviṣyatīti tatheti tadasminnetudaśvinau pratyadhattām ### [55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.13) ( nta ) tadyā 'etāḥ pañcāśvinyaḥ | ( S ) etudsya tudātmanastadyudetā 'atropadadhāti ya̱dvaivāsyaitā'ātmanasta̱dasminnetatpratidadhāti tusmādetā 'atropadadhāti ### [55.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.14) dhruva̱kṣitirdhruvayonirruvā'sīti | yadvai sthiraṃ yatpratiṣṭhitaṃ taddhruvamatha vā'asyaitadasthiramivādhruvamivātmana 'āsīttadvaitatsrsthiraṃ dhruvaṃ kṛtvā pratyadhattām ### [55.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.15) ( ṅku ) kulāyinī ghṛtavatī purandhi̱riti | kulāyamiva vā'asyaitadātmanaḥ svairdakṣairdakṣapiteha sīdetyadakṣayatāmevāsmaitadātmanaḥ pṛthivyāḥ purīṣamasīti purīṣasam̐hitamiva vā'asyaitadātmano reta̱ḥsicorvelayā pṛṣṭayo vai reta̱ḥsicau pṛṣṭisāmayamiva vā'asyaitadātmanaḥ sarvvata 'upaddhāti sarvvato hyasyaitadaśvināvātmanaḥ pratyadhattām ### [55.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.16) ( ma̱ ) athartuvye'upa̱dadhāti | ( ty ) ṛ̱tava'ete ya̱ddṛtuvye'ṛ̱tune̱vaitadupadadhāti śukraśca̍ śuciśca graiṣmāvṛtū'ḍuti nāmanī'enayorete nāmabhyāme̱vaine'etadupadadhāti dve'ḍiṣṭake bhavato dvau hi māsāvṛtuḥ sakṛtsādayatyekaṃ taddṛtuṃ karoti ### [55.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.17) tadya̱dete'a̱tropa̱dadhāti | saṃvvatsara'eṣo'gniri̱ma'u lo̱kāḥ saṃvvatsarastasya yadūrdhvaṃ pṛthivyā'a̱rvācīnamantarikṣāttada̱syaiṣā dvitīyā citistada̱sya grīṣma̱'ṛtustadyadete'a̱tropa̱dadhāti ya̱ddevāsyaite'ātma̱nastadasminnetatpratidadhāti tasmādete'atropa̱dadhāti ### [55.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.55.18) yudvevaite'atropaddhāti | prajāpatireṣo'gniḥ saṃvvatsara 'u prajāpatistasya yuddhūrddha pratiṣṭhāyā 'avācīnaṃ madhyāttadasyaiṣā dvitīyā citistadsya grīṣma'ṛtustadyudete'atropaddhāti yuddhevāsyaite'ātmanastadyusminnetatpratidadhāti tasmādete'atropaddhāti ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.8.2.1.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: 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