[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) › 6.20 # Citikanda 6.20 Citikāṇḍa 6.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.6.20) (ntaṃ) tumeta saṃvvatsara'eva cinvīyāt | ( tsaṃ) saṃvvatsare'nubrūyāddvayorityu haike'āhuḥ saṃvvatsaraṃ vai tadveto'siñcantsa saṃvvatsare kumāro'jāyata tasmāddvayoreva cinvīyāddvayo̱ranubrūyāditi saṃvvatsare tveva cinvīyātsaṃvvatsare'nubrūyādyadvāva retaḥ siktaṃ tudeva jāyate tattato vikriyamāṇameva vvardhamāna śete tasmātsaṃvvatsara'eva cinvīyātsaṃvvatsare'nubrūyāttasya citasya nāma karoti pāpmānamevāsya tadapṛhanti citranāmānaṃ karoti citro'syagni sarvvāṇi hi citrāṇyagniḥ - [Previous: 6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.6.19) - [Next: 7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.7.1) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.6) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.6.20) · Pramāṇa