[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) › 62 # Citikanda 62 Citikāṇḍa 62 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [62.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.1) iti dvitīyaprapāṭhake dvitīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8-2-2 || ( 3. 3. ) atha vālakhilyyā 'upa̍dadhāti | prāṇā vai vvālakhilyyāḥ prāṇāne̱vaitadu̍padadhāti tā yadvālakhilyā nāma yadvā'u̱rvara̱yo'sa̍mbhinnaṃ bhurvāti khila 'iti vai tadācakṣate vvālamātrāddu heme prāṇā'asambhinnrāste yudvālamātrā'sa̍mbhinrāsta̱smādvālakhilyāḥ ### [62.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.2) sa vai sapta purastādupadadhāti | sapta paścāttuyāḥ sapta purastādupadadhāti yu'eveme sapta purastātprāṇāstānasminnetuddadhāti ### [62.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.3) (tyu ) atha yāḥ sapta paścāt | (de ) eṣāmevaitutprāṇānāmevānprāṇānmatipratīnkaroti tasmādyudebhi'nnamatti tudaitairutyeti ### [62.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.4) yudveva sapta purastādupadadhāti | sapta vā'ime purastātprāṇāścatvāri dorbāhvāṇi śiro grīvā yudūrdhvaṃ nābhaistatsaptamamaṅge'ṅge hi prāṇa 'ete vai sapta purustātprāṇāstānasminnetaddadhāti ### [62.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.2-2) sa vai sapta purastādupadadhāti | sapta paścāt | tadyāḥ sapta purastādupadadhāti-yadaeveme, sapta purastātprāṇāstānasminnetaddadhāti ### [62.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.3-2) atha yāḥ sapta paścāt | eṣāmevaitatprāṇānāmetānprāṇānpratipratīnkaroti | tasmādyadebhirannamattitadetairatyeti ### [62.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.4-2) yadveva sapta purastādupadadhāti | sapta vā'ime purastātprāṇāḥ-catvāri dorbāhvāṇi, śiraḥ, grīvā, yadūrdhvaṃ nābheḥ-statsaptamam | aṅge'ṅge hi prāṇaḥ | ete vai sapta purastātprāṇāḥ-tānasminnetaddadhāti ### [62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.5) (ntyu ) atha yāḥ sapta paścāt | ( tsa ) sapta vā'ime paścātprāṇāścatvāryūrvaṣṭhīvāni dve pratiṣṭhe yadvā'nābhestatsaptamamaṅge'ṅge hi prāṇo'ete vai sapta paścātprāṇāstānsminnetaddadhāti ### [62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.6) mūrddhā'si rāṭ | ( ḍdhu ) dhruvā'si dharūṇā dhartryasi dharaṇī yantrī rāḍyantryasi yamanī dhruvā'si dharitrītyetānevāsminnetaddhruvānprāṇānyacchati ### [62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.7) yadveva vālakhilyā'upaddhāti | ( tye ) etadvai devā vālakhilyābhirevemāllo̱kāntu̱sañccāra̱taśca̱ordhvāna̱mutaścā̱rvācasta̱thaivaitadyaja̍māno vālakhilyābhirevemāllo̱kāntsa̱tyātī̱taśca̱ordhvāna̱mutaścā̱rvāca̍ḥ ### [62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.8) (vo) mū̱rddhā'si̱ rāḍati̍ma̱ loka̱marohan | ( ndhru) dhruvā'si dharuṇe̱tyantarikṣaṃ lo̱kaṃ dhūryya̍si̱ dharaṇī̱tyamu̍ṃ lo̱kamāyu̍ṣe tvā varca̍se tvā kṛ̱ṣyai tvā kṣemā̍ya tveti̍ catvāraścatuṣpadāḥ paśavo'nna̍ṃ paśa̱vasta̱dyattaiścatu̍rbhiśścatuṣpādaiḥ paśubhi̍retenā̱nnenā̱muṣmiṃllo̱ke pratyati̍ṣṭhaṃsta̱thaivaitadyaja̍māna 'e̱taiścatu̍rbhiśścatuṣpādaiḥ paśu̍bhiretenā̱nnenā̱muṣmi̍llo̱ke pra̍titiṣṭhati ### [62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.9) sa sa parāṅiva roha̍ḥ | ( ' ) iya̱m vai pratiṣṭhā̍ te devā'i̱māṃ pratiṣṭhā̱mabhipratyāyaṃsta̱thaivaitadyaja̍māna 'i̱māṃ pratiṣṭhā̱mabhipretyaiti̍ ### [62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.10) yantrī rāḍityamuṃ loka̱marohan | ( nyu ) ya̱ntyasi yamanītya̱ntarikṣalokaṃ dhruvā'si dha̱ritrītīmaṃ loka̱miṣe tvorje tvā ra̱yyai tvā poṣāya tveti catvāraścatuṣpādāḥ paśavo'nnaṃ paśa̱vasta̱detaiścaturbhi̱iścatuṣpādaiḥ pa̱śubhiretenānnenāsmim̐lloke pratyatiṣṭham̐stathaivaitadyajamāna 'etaiścaturbhi̱iścatuṣpādaiḥ pa̱śubhiretenānnenāsmim̐lloke pratitiṣṭhati ### [62.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.11) ( tya ) athātaḥ saṃskarotireva | yā 'amūrekādaśeṣṭakā 'upaddhāta yoḍaso prathamo'nuvākastadantarikṣa samatmā tadyattā 'ekādaśa bhavantyekādaśākṣarā vai triṣṭuppraiṣṭubhamantarikṣamatha yā 'uttarāḥ ṣaṣṭiḥ sa vāyuḥ sa prajāpatiḥ so'gniḥ sa yajamānaḥ ### [62.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.12) ( staṃ ) tadyāḥ pura̱stādupada̍dhāti | śiro̱'sya tāstā daśa̍ bhavanti daśa̍ vai prāṇāḥ prāṇā'u vai śiraḥ pūrvārdha 'upadadhāti pura̱stāddhīdaṃ śiraḥ ### [62.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.13) ( 'o'tha ) atha yā dakṣiṇataḥ | ( to ) yadūrdhvaṃ madhyādavācīna śīṣṇa̍stada̱sya tā'atha yāḥ paścādyadūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhāyā'avācīnaṃ ma̱dhyāttadasya tāḥ pratiṣṭhaivottarataḥ ### [62.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.14) ( sta ) tadyāḥ sapta̱ pura̱stādvālakhilyā 'upada̍dhāti | yu'eveme sapta̱ pura̱stātprāṇāstānsminnetaddadhāti tā'anantarhitā 'etābhyo daśabhya 'upadadhātyanantarhitāṃstucchīṣṇa̍ḥ prāṇāndadhāti ### [62.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.16) ( tyu ) atha yāḥ sapta̱ paścāt | ( dyu ) yu'eveme sapta̱ paścātprāṇāstānasminne̱taddadhāti tā'anantarhitā'e̱tābhyo dvādaśabhya'upadadhātyanantarhitāṃstudātmanaḥ prāṇāndadhāti sa'eṣa vāyuḥ prajāpatira̍sminne̱ṣubhe'ntarikṣe samantaṃ parya̍ktastadyattṛtīyāṃ citimupadadhāti vāyuṃ caiva tada̱ntarikṣaṃ ca saṃskarutyopadhatte'tha lokampṛṇe'upadadhātyasyā̱ā saṃsra̱tyāṃ tayorupari bandhuḥ purīṣaṃ nivapati tasyopari bandhuḥ ### [62.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.8-2) iti dvitīyaprapāṭhake tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8-2-3 || ( 3. 4 . ) iti tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ ### [62.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62.7-2) 3 ntāhitāḥ ' ityarthaḥ | ' sa eṣaḥ ' prāṇabhṛdādivālakhilyānta iṣṭakārūpaḥ prāṇaśarīravān ' prajāpatiḥ ' ' asmin ' svayamātṛṇṇāyutavyāhṛtikādaśeṭakārūpe vaiṣṭubhe'ntarikṣe ' ' samantaṃ paryaktaḥ' parivyāpto vartate | 'tat ' tasmād imām ' tṛtīyāṃ citimupadadhāti ' iti ' yat '' tat ' tenopadhānena ' vāyum ' ' antarikṣaṃ ca ' ' saṃkṛtya ' upahitavānbhavati | atha lokaṃpṛṇe iti | dve iṣṭake upadadhyāt | tayorbrāhmaṇamupari vakṣyate (8|7|2|1) | atha ' purīṣaṃ nivapati ' tasyāpi brāhmaṇamuttaratra vakṣyata ityatidiśati-tasyopari bandhuriti kāṇḍāvasāne “ asau vā ādityo lokampṛṇā iti- (śa. pa. 8 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.62) · Pramāṇa