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# Citikanda 77.16

Citikāṇḍa 77.16

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [77.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.77.16)

( ña ) na̱ bhinnāṃ na̱ kṛṣṇamupadadhyāt | (ḍā) ārcchati vā'eṣā  
yā bhidyata'ārttamvetadrūpaṃ yatkṛṣṇaṃ nedārtamātmānamabhisaṃskaravā'iti  
nābhinnāṃ parāsyennedanārtamātmano bahirdhā karavāṇīti dhiṣṇyebhyaḥ pratisaṃkhyāya yā vi̱rājamatiricyeruścottarāmuddhaveyustadvai khalu tā 'ārcchanti  
tā bhittvotkara'utkiredutkaro vā'atiriktasya pratiṣṭhā tayadyatiriktasya  
pratiṣṭhā tadnevainā 'etatpratiṣṭhāpayati

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