[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) › 78.21-2 # Citikanda 78.21-2 Citikāṇḍa 78.21-2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [78.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2) tāmuttamāmupadadhāti-prāṇāṃstadasya sarvasyottamāndadhāti | tasmādasya sarvasya prāṇā uttamāḥ purīṣa upadadhāti | māṃsaṃ vai purīṣam | māṃsena tatprāṇānpratiṣṭhāpayati | nopariṣṭātpracchādayati tasmādime prāṇā upariṣṭādasaṃchannāḥ ### [78.21-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2.p1) ityāhavanīyāgniścayanaṃ samāptam ### [78.21-2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2.p2) iti saptamo'dhyāyaśca samāptaḥ || ( 8-7 ) || iti samāptamidamaṣṭamaṃ citikāṇḍam || 8 ### [78.21-2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2.p3) iti śrīśatapathabrāhmaṇe sāyaṇabhāṣyasametam citināmakrāṣṭamaṃ kāṇḍaṃ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.78.21-2) · Pramāṇa