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[78.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.3) te cetayamānāḥ | ( ' ) etāni sāmānyāpaśyaṃstānyagāyaṃstaireṣu lokeṣu rasamupajīvanamadadhustathaivaitadyajamāno yadetāni sāmāni gāyatyeṣvevaitallokeṣu rasamupajīvanaṃ dadhāti ### [78.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.4) svayamātṛṇṇāsu gāyati | (tī) ime vai lokāḥ svayamātṛṇṇā ' eṣvevaitallokeṣu rasamupajīvanaṃ dadhāti ### [78.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.5) sa vai bhūrbhuvaḥ svariti | (tye) etāsu vyāhṛtiṣu gāyati bhūriti vā'ayaṃ loko bhuva ' ityantarikṣalokaḥ svarityasau loka'eṣvevaitallokeṣu rasamupajīvanaṃ dadhāti ### [78.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.6) tāni̱ vai nānāprastāvāni | samā̱nanidhanāni̱ tāni yannānāprastāvāni nānā hyupa̍śyannatha yatsamānanidhanānyekā hyeva yajñasya pratiṣṭhākam̐ nidhanaem̐ svarga eva lokastasmātsva̱rjyotirnidhanāni ### [78.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.7) (nya) athainaem̐ hiraṇyaśakalaiḥ prokṣati | (tyu) atraiṣa sarvvo'gniḥ saṃskṛtastasmindevā 'etadamṛtam̐ rūpamuttamamadadhustathaivāsminnayametadamṛtam̐ rūpamuttamaṃ dadhāti ### [78.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.8) yudvevainaem̐ hiraṇyaśakalaiḥ prokṣati | (tye) etadvā'asminnedo'mūṃ purastādrukmyāṃ tanūṃ madhyato dadhāti rukmaṃ ca puruṣaṃ cāthainametatsarvvamevopa̍riṣṭādrukmayyā tanvā pracchādayati ### [78.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.9) dvābhyāṃ dvābhyām̐ śatābhyām | ( ndvi) dvipāyajamāno yajamāno'gniryāvā̍nāgniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivāsminnetadamṛtam̐ rūpamuttamaṃ dadhāti pañcakṛtvaḥ pañcacitiko'gniḥ pañcartavaḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniyāvānagniyāṃvatyasya mātrā tāvataivāsminnetadamṛta rupamuttamaṃ dadhāti sahasreṇa sarvvaṃ vai sahasrarthaṃ sarvveṇaivāsminnetadamṛta rupamuttamaṃ dadhāti ### [78.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.10) paścādagre prāṅ tiṣṭhan | ( ñra ) athottarato dakṣiṇā'tha purastātpratyaṅṅatha jaghanena parītya dakṣiṇata' udaṅtiṣṭhaṃstaddakṣiṇāvṛttaddhi devatrā'thānuparītya paścātprāṅtiṣṭhaṃstatho hāsyaitatprāgeva karma kṛtaṃ bhavati ### [78.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.11) sahasrasya pramā'si | sahasrasya pratimā'si sahasrasyonmā'si sāhaso'si sahasrāya tveti sarvvaṃ vai sahasrarthaṃ sarvvamasi sarvvasmai tvetyetat ### [78.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.12) ( da ) athātaścitipurīṣāṇāmeva mīmā m̐sā | ( sā'yu ) ayameva lokaḥ prathamā citiḥ paśavaḥ purīṣaṃ yatprathamāṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayatīmaṃ tallokaṃ paśubhiḥ pracchādayati ### [78.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.13) ( tya ) antarikṣameva dvitīyā citiḥ | ( rvyu ) vvayā m̐si purīṣaṃ yadvitīyāṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayatyantarikṣaṃ tadvayobhiḥ pracchādayati ### [78.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.14) dyaureva tṛtīyā citiḥ | ( rnu ) nakṣatrāṇi purīṣaṃ muttṛtīyāṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayati divaṃ tannakṣatraiḥ pracchādayati ### [78.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.15) yajña'eva caturthī citiḥ | ( rdu ) dakṣiṇāḥ purīṣaṃ yaccaturthī citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayati yajñaṃ taddakṣiṇābhiḥ pracchādayati ### [78.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.16) yajamāna' eva pañcamī citiḥ | prajā purīṣaṃ yatpañcamīṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayati yajamānaṃ tatprajayā pracchādayati ### [78.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.17) svarga' eva lokaḥ ṣaṣṭhī citiḥ | (dai) devāḥ purīṣaṃ yatṣaṣṭhīṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayati svargaṃ tallokaṃ devaiḥ pracchādayati ### [78.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.18) ( tya ) amṛtameva saptamī citiḥ | ( stvā ) tāmuttamāmupadadhātyamṛtaṃ tadasya sarvasyottamaṃ dadhāti tasmādasya sarvasyāmṛtamuttamaṃ tasmāddevā' anantarhitāstasmādu te'mṛtā' ityadhidaivatam ### [78.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.19) ( mu ) athādhyātmam | yaiveyaṃ pratiṣṭhā muśāyamavāṅprāṇastatprathamā citirmām̐2saṃ purīṣaṃ yatprathamāṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayatyetadudasya tadātmano māsaim̐sam̐ḥ saṃchādayatīṣṭakā 'upadhāyāsthīṣṭakā' asthye tanmāṃsaiḥ saṃchādayati nāvastātsaṃchādayati tasmādime prāṇā 'adhastādasaṃchannā 'upariṣṭāttu pra̱cchādayatyeta̱dasya tadātmana̱' upariṣṭānmārthaṃsaiḥ saṃchādayati ta̱smātsyaita̱dātmana̱' upariṣṭānmāsrtsaṃḥ saṃchannaṃ nāvakāśate ### [78.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.21) yadūrdhvaṃ pratiṣṭhāyā'avācīnaṃ madhyāt | (tu) tadvitīyā citirmāsrtsa purīṣaṃ yadvitīyāṃ citiṃ purīṣeṇa pracchādayatyeta̱dasya tadātmano māsrtsaṃḥ saṃchādayatīṣṭakā' upadhāyā'sthīṣṭakā 'asthi tanmāsrtsaṃḥ saṃchādayati purīṣa'upadadhāti purīṣeṇa pracchādayatyeta̱dasya tadātmana 'ubhayatò māsrtsaṃḥ saṃchādayati tasmādasyaita̱dātmana 'ubhayato māsrtsaṃḥ saṃchannaṃ nāvakāśate20 madhyameva tṛtīyā citiḥ | (ryuṃ) yadūrdhvaṃ madhyādavācīnaṃ grīvābhyastañcaturthī citigrrīvā' e̱va pañcamī citiḥ śira' eva ṣaṣṭhī citiḥ prāṇā' eva saptamī citistānuttamāsūpadadhāti prāṇāṃstadasya sarvasyottamāndadhāti tasmādasya sarvvasya prāṇā' uttamāḥ purīṣa'upaddhāti māsrtsaṃ vai purīṣaṃ māsrtsena tatprāṇānpratiṣṭhāpayati nopariṣṭātpracchādayati tasmādime prāṇā' upariṣṭādasaṃchannāḥ ### [78.4-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.4-2) iti caturthaprapāṭhake pañcamaṃ brāhmaṇam || 8||4-5 || ( 7. 4. ) iti caturthaḥ prapāṭhakaḥ samāptaḥ || 8 ### [78.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.8-2) (kaṇḍikāsaṃkhyā 109) iti saptamo'dhyāyaśca samāptaḥ ### [78.437](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.437) 7 asminkāṇḍe kaṇḍikāsaṃkhyā ### [78.8-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78.8-3) iti mādhyandinīye śatapathabrāhmaṇe citināmakrāṣṭamaṃ kāṇḍaṃ samāptam ### [78.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.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.citikanda.78.21-2.p1) ityāhavanīyāgniścayanaṃ samāptam ### [78.21-2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.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.citikanda.78.21-2.p3) iti śrīśatapathabrāhmaṇe sāyaṇabhāṣyasametam citināmakrāṣṭamaṃ kāṇḍaṃ ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.8.7.4.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.78) · Pramāṇa