[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) › 71 # Citikanda 71 Citikāṇḍa 71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [71.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.1) iti tṛtīyaprapāṭhake tṛtīyaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8-3-3 || ( 5.2. ) atha stomabhāgā' upadadhāti | ( tye ) etadvai prajāpateretadannamindro'bhyadhyāyatso'smādudacikamiṣantamabravītkathotkrāmasi kathā mā jahāsīti sa vai me'syānnasya rasaṃ prayaccheti tena vai mā saha prapadyasveti tatheti tasmā'etasyānnasya rasaṃ prāyacchattenainām̐ saha prāpadyata ### [71.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.2) athaikonatriṃśatstomabhāgeṣṭakopadhānam sa yaḥ su prajāpatiḥ | ( ra ) ayameva sa yo'yamagniścīyate'tha yattadannametāstāśchandasyā'atha yaḥ so'nnasya rasa'etāstā stomabhāgā 'atha yaḥ sa 'indro'sau sa 'ādityaḥ sa 'eṣa 'eva stomo yadi kiṃ ca stuyuta'etumeva tena stuvanti tasmā'etusmai stomāyaitaṃ bhāgaṃ prāyacchattadyadetusmai - stomāyaitaṃ bhāgaṃ prāyacchattasmātstomabhāgāḥ ### [71.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.2-2) (0) raśminā satyāya satyaṃ jinveti | ( tye ) eṣa vai raśmirannaṃ raśmiretaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate pretinā dharmaṇā dharmaṃ jinvetyeṣa vai pretirannaṃ pretiretaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate'nvityā divā divaṃsa yaḥ sa prajāpatiḥ- ayameva saḥ- yo'yamagniścīyate | atha yattadannam-etāstāśchandasyāḥ | atha yaḥ so'nnasya rasaḥ-etāstāḥ stomabhāgāḥ | atha yaḥ sa indraḥ- asau sa ādityaḥ | sa eṣa eva stomaḥ | yadi kiṃ ca stuvate-etameva tena stuvanti | tasmā etasmai stomāyaitaṃ bhāgaṃ prāyacchat tadyadetasmai stomāyaitaṃ bhāgaṃ prāyacchat-tasmātstomabhāgāḥ ### [71.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.3) “raśminā satyāya satyaṃ jinva ”–iti | eṣa vai raśmiḥ | annaṃ raśmiḥ | etaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate | “pretinā dharmaṇā dharmaṃ jinva ”- iti | eṣa vai pretiḥ | annaṃ pretiḥ etaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate | “anvityā divā divaṃ jinva ”- iti | eṣa jinvetyeṣa vā'nvitirannamanvitiretaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate tadyadyadetadāha tacca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate'munā'do jinvā̱do'syamuṣmai tvā'dhipatinorjā jinveti tredhāvihitāhyetrāvihita1m̐ hyannam ### [71.3-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.3-2) vā'nvitiḥ | annamanvitiḥ | etaṃ ca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate | tad yadyadetadāha-tacca tadrasaṃ ca saṃdhāyātmanprapādayate | amunā'do jinva, ado'si, amuṣmai tvā, “adhipatinorjā, ūrjaṃ jinva "-(vā. saṃ. 15 | 6-9) iti tredhā vihitāḥ| tredhāvihitaṃ hyannam ### [71.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.4) yadreva sto̱mabhāgā'upaddhāti | (tye ) etadvai devā virā̱jaṃ citiṃ citvo samāro̱haṃste̱'bruva̍śvetaya̱dhvamiti̱ citimicchateti vāva tada̱bruvaṃste cetayamānā nākame̱va sva̱rgaṃ lo̱kamapaśya̍stamupādadhata sa yaḥ sa nā̱kaḥ svarge loka' etāstāḥ stomabhāgāstadyadetā' upadadhāti nākamevaita̱tsvargaṃ lo̱kamupadhatte ### [71.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.5) tadyā̍sti̱sraḥ prathamāḥ | ( ') ayathai su loko yā dvitīyā'ntarikṣaṃ tayāstṛtīyā dyauḥ sā yāścatukyaiḥ prācī sā diggāḥ pañcamyo dakṣiṇā sā yāḥ ṣaṣṭhyaḥ pratīcī sā yāḥ saptamya 'udīcī sā ### [71.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.6) tā vā'etāḥ | ( ' ) ekaviśatiriṣṭakā'ime ca lokā diśrcaite ca vailokā diśrca pratiṣṭhaiteca lokā diśrcaikaviśam̐stusmādāhuḥ pratiṣṭhaikaviśai 'iti ### [71.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.7) (tyu ) atha yā 'aṣṭāviṣṭakā 'atiyanti | sā'ṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī brahma gāyatrī tadyattadbrahmaitattadyadetanmaṇḍalaṃ tapati tadetasminnekavim̐śe prati ṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ tapati tasmānnāvapadyate ### [71.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.8) taddhaike | vveṣaśrīḥ kṣatrāya kṣatraṃ jinveti trim̐śattamīmupadadhati trim̐śudakṣarā virāḍvirāḍeṣā citiriti na tathā kuryādati te recayantyekavim̐śasampadamutho gāyatrīsampadamatho'indraloko haivvaiṣā nyūnā virāḍindrāya ha tu'indraloke dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ pratyudyāminaṃ kurvantīndramindralokātnudante yajamāno vai sve yajña'indro yajamānāya ha te yajamānaloke dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ pratyudyāminaṃ kurvanti yajamānaṃ yajamānalokānnudante yaṃ vā'etamabhimāharantyeṣa 'eva yajamāna 'āyatanainaiṣa 'uevātra trim̐śattamī ### [71.7-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.7-2) ( ardhaprapāṭhakaḥ || ) iti tṛtīyaprapāṭhake caturthaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8-3-4 || ( 5. 3. ) atha yā aṣṭāviṣṭakā atiyanti-sā'ṣṭākṣarā gāyatrī | brahma gāyatrī | tad-yattadbrahma-etattadyadetanmaṇḍalaṃ tapati | tadetasminnekaviṃśe pratiṣṭhāyāṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ tapati | tasmānnāvapadyate ### [71.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71.8-2) tadvaike-“ veṣaśrīḥ kṣatrāya kṣatraṃ jinva ”-iti triṃśattamīmupadadhati | triṃśadakṣarā virāṭ virāḍeṣā citiriti | na tathā kuryāt | ati te recayantyekaviṃśasampadam | atho gāyatrīsampadam | atho indraloko haiva-vaiṣā nyūnā virāṭ | indrāya ha ta indraloke dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ pratyudyāminaṃ kurvanti | indramindralokānnudante | yajamāno vai sve yajña indraḥ | yajamānāya ha te yajamānaloke dviṣantaṃ bhrātṛvyaṃ pratyudyāminaṃ kurvanti | yajamānaṃ yajamānalokānnudante | yaṃ vā etamabhimā haranti-eṣa eva yajamāna āyatanena | eṣa u evātra triṃśattamī ## Linked texts (2) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.8.5.3.1) — Sanskrit - [Kātyāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.katyayana.17.11.11) — Kātyāyana (Vājasaneyi sūtrakāra), Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.71) · Pramāṇa