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# Citikanda 61.6

Citikāṇḍa 61.6

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [61.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.61.6)

paṅktiśchandaḥ | ( 5 ) uṣṇikchando bṛhatī cchando'nuṣṭupchando virāj  
chando gāyatrī cchandastriṣṭupchando jagatī cchunda'ityetāni niruktāni  
virāḍaṣṭamāni cchandām̐syupadadhāti pṛthivī cchando'ntarikṣaṃ cchanda  
'iti yānyetaddevatyāni cchandām̐si tānyevaitadupadadhātyagnirdevatā vāto  
devatetyetā vai devatāśchandām̐si tānyevaitadupadadhāti

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