[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) › 7 # Citikanda 7 Citikāṇḍa 7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.1) pra̱jāpa̍tira̱gnirū̱pāṇya̱bhya̍dhyāyat | ( tsu ) sa̱ yo'yam̐ ku̱māro̍ rū̱pāṇyanu̱pra̍viṣṭa āsī̱ttamanrvaicchatta̱to'dhi̱rave̍da̱nu̱ vai mā̍ pi̱tā pra̱jāpa̍tiricchati̱ hanta̱ tadrū̱pama̍sāni̱ yanma̱'eṣa̱ na vedeti̍ ### [7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.2) sa e̱tānpañca̍ pa̱śūna̍paśyat | ( tyu ) pu̱ruṣa̱maśva̱ṃ gāmu̱vima̱jaṃ yadapa̍śyattasmā̍de̱te pa̱śava̍ḥ ### [7.1-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.1-2) prajāpatiragnirūpāṇyabhyadhyāyat | sa yo'yaṃ kumāro rūpāṇyanupraviṣṭa āsīt-tamānvaicchat so'dhiraveda-anu vai mā pitā prajāpatiricchati, hanta tadrūpamasāni-yanma'eṣa na vedeti ### [7.2-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.2-2) sa etānpañca paśūnapaśyat-puruṣam, aśvam, gām, avim, ajam | yadapaśyat-tasmādete paśavaḥ ### [7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.3) su etānpa̱ñca paśūnprāviśat | (tsu) su e̱te pa̱ñca paśa̱vo'bhavansu̱mai pra̱jāpati̱ranvai̍vaicchat ### [7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.4) (tsu ) su e̱tānpa̱ñca paśū̍napaśyat | ( dya ) yada̱paśya̱ttasmā̍dete pa̱śava̱steṣve̱tumapaśya̱ttasmā̍de̱vaite pa̱śavaḥ ### [7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.5) su aikṣata | (te) i̱me vā'a̱gniri̱māne̱vātmāna̍mabhi̱saṃskaravai yathā vā'a̱gniḥ su̱middho dī̱pyata̍ 'e̱vame̱ṣāṃ cakṣu̍rdīpyate yuthā'gne̍dhūma udvyata 'e̱vame̱ṣāmū̱ṣmodvayate yathā̱gnira̱bhyāhi̍taṃ da̱hatye̱vaṃ ba̱psati yuthāgne̱rbhasma sīda̍tye̱vame̱ṣāṃ purīṣa sīda̱tīme vā'a̱gniri̱māne̱vātmāna̍mabhi̱saṃskaravā̱'iti tā̱nnānā de̱vatā̍bhya āla̍ipsata̱ vaiśvakarma̍ṇaṃ pu̱ruṣaṃ vāruṇa̱maśva̍maindramṛṣa̱bhaṃ tvā̱ṣṭramvimāgne̱yama̱jam ### [7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.6) ( tham̐ ) su aikṣata | nānā vā'haṃ devatābhya āla̍ipsa̱'gne̍ra̱ham̐ rūpāṇi kāmaye hantenānagnibhyaḥ kāmāyālabhā'iti tānagnibhyaḥ kāmāyāla̍bhata tadyadagnibhya iti bahūni hyagne̍rūpāṇyabhya̱dhyāyadatha yatkāmāyeti kāmena hyālabhata tānāprītānparyagnikṛtāna̱dīcī̱ī nītvā sama̍jñapayat ### [7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.7) ( tsu ) su aikṣata | yā vai śrīrabhya̱dhyāsi̍ṣami̱māstāḥ śīrṣasu hanta śīrṣāṇye̱vopa̍dadhā̱ iti̱ su śīrṣāṇye̱votkṛtyo̍pādadhā̱āthaitarāṇi kusindhānya̱psu prāplāvayada̱jena yajñam̐ sama̍sthāpayannenme yajño vikluṣṭo'sa̱dityātmā vai ya̱jño nenme'yamātmā vikluṣṭo'sadityetena paśuneṣṭvā tatprajāpatirapaśyadya̱thaitatsyānnerantaṃ na paryait ### [7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.8) ( tsu ) sa aikṣata | yamimumātmānamapsu prā̍piplavaṃ tama̱nvicchā̱nīti̍ tamu̱nvaicchattadya̱deṣā̱mapsu pravi̍ddhānāṃ pratya̍tiṣṭhattā apaḥ sama̍bharadya yudasyāṃ tāṃ mṛdaṃ tadubhayam̐ sambhṛtya mṛdaṃ cāpaśceṣṭakāmaka̱rottasmādetadubhayamiṣṭakā bhavati mṛccāpaśca ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.9) sa aikṣata | yadi vā̱'ida̱mitthameva sa̱dātmānamabhisaṃskariṣye martyaḥ kuṇapo'napahatapāpmā bhaviṣyāmi hantaitadagninā pacānīti tadagninā'pacattadenadamṛtamakarodetadvai havigmṛtaṃ bhavati yadagninā pacanti tasmādagnineṣṭakāḥ pacantyamṛtā evaināstatkurvvanti ### [7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.10) tadyaddigdvā paśunā'paśyat | (tta) tasmādiṣṭakāstasmāddiṣṭaivai paśuneṣṭakāḥ kuryā'niṣṭakā ha vā bhavanti yāḥ purā paśoḥ kurvvantyatho ha tadanyadeva ### [7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.11) tadyāstāḥ śriyaḥ | ( S ) etāni tāni paśuśīrṣāṇyatha yāni tāni kusindhānyetāstāḥ pañca citayastadyatpaśuśīrṣāṇyupadhāya citīścinotyetaireva tacchīrṣabhiretāni kusindhāni saṃdadhāti ### [7.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.12) ta'ete sarvve paśavo yadagniḥ | ( stu ) tasmādagnau paśavo ramante paśubhireva tutpaśavo ramante tusmādyusya paśavo bhavanti tusminnagnirādhīyate'gnirhyaiṣa yutpaśavastuto vai prajāpatiragnirabhavat ### [7.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.13) (tta) taddhaika'āhuḥ | ( 1 ) atraivainaiḥ sarvaiḥ paśubhiryajeta yadvā'etairutra sarvaiḥ prajāpatirayakṣyata taddevāgre'ntaṃ paryaiṣyattadyadetairatra sarvairyajeta taddevāgnirantaṃ parīyāditi na tathā kuryāddivānāṃ taditādiyādatho pathastudiyādatho kiṃ tataḥ sambharedetāni vā'etatkutsinyānyetāśvitīḥ sambharati tusmāttathā na kuryāt ### [7.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.14) (dyu) suddevaitānpaśūnālabhate | (ta) āyatanamevaitadye karoti na hyanāyatane kaścana ramate'nnaṃ vā'āyatanaṃ tadetatpurastānnidadhāti tadenaṃ paśyannagnirupāvartate ### [7.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.15) puruṣo'śvo gauśvirajo bhavanti | etāvanto vai survve paśavo'ntaṃ paśuvastadyāvadannaṃ tadetatpurastānnidadhāti tudenaṃ puśyannagnirupāvartate ### [7.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.16) pañca bhavanti | pañca hyete'gnayo yudetāśvitayastebhya' etatpañcāyatanāni vidadhāti tadenaṃ paśyannagnirupāvartate ### [7.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.17) tadyada̱gnibhya' iti | bahuvo hyete'gnayo yudetāścitayo'tha yatkāmāyeti yuthā taṃ kāmamāpnuyādyajamāno yatkāma 'etatkarma kurute ### [7.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.18) puruṣam̐ prathamamālabhate | puruṣo hi prathamaḥ paśūnāmathāśvaṃ puruṣa m̐ hyanvaśvā'tha gāmaśva m̐ hyanu gau̱rathāvi̍ gā m̐ hyanvavirathājamavi m̐ hyanvajasta̱de̍nānyathāpūrvvaṃ yathāśreṣṭhamālabhate ### [7.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.19) teṣāṃ viṣamā raśanāḥ syuḥ | puruṣasya varpiṣṭhā'tha hasīyasyutha hasīyasī tadyathārūpaṃ paśūnā m̐ raśanāḥ karotyapāpavasyasāya survvāstveva samāḥ syuḥ survvāḥ sadṛśyaḥ surve hyete samāḥ surve sadṛśā' a̱nnyo hyucyanta̱'nna̱ m̐ hyucyante tena samāstena sadṛśāḥ ### [7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.20) ( stu ) tadāhuḥ | kathamasyaiṣo'gniḥ pañceṣṭakaḥ sarvvaḥ paśuṣvārabdho bhavatīti puroḍāśakapāleṣu nvevā''pyata 'iyaṃ prathamā mṛnmayīṣṭakā'tha yatpaśumālabhate tena paśviṣṭakā''pyate'tha yadrūpāmabhito hiraṇyaśakalau bhavatastena hiraṇyeṣṭakā''pyate'tha yaddhidhmo yūpaḥ parivayastena vānaspatyeṣṭakā''pyate'tha yadājyaṃ prokṣaṇyaḥ puroḍāśāstenānnaṃ pañcamīṣṭakā''pyata'evamu hāsyaiṣo'gniḥ pañceṣṭakaḥ sarvvaḥ paśuṣvārabdho bhavati ### [7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.22) teṣāṃ caturviśatiḥ sāmidhenya̍ḥ | ( ꣪thu ) ca̱turviśatyardhamāso vai saṃvvatsaraḥ saṃvvatsaro'gniyā̍vānagniyāṃvatyasya mātrā tāva̍taivainametatsa̱minddhe 21 ya̱dveva ca̱turviśatiḥ | ( ꣪thu ) ca̱turviśatyakṣarā vai gāyatrī gāya̱tro'gniyāṃvānagniyāṃvatyasya mātrā tāva̍taivainametatsa̱minddhe ### [7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.25) yudveva cuturviśatiḥ | (śca) caturvi śo vai puruṣo daśa hastyā'aṅgulayo daśa pādyāścatvāryyaṅgāni puruṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatiragniryyāvānagniyyāvatyasya mātrā ( tse ) so'nvāha | samāstvā 'ṛtavo varddhayaṃtviti prajāpatiṃ visrastaṃ yunnāgniḥ samadadhāttamabravīnmā mutsaṃnmitāḥ sāmidhenyastābhirmā samintsveti ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.26) su'etā'apaśyat | (tsu ) samāstvā'gna'ṛtavo varddhayaṃtviti sumāśca tvā'gna'ṛtavaśca varddhayaṃtvityetutsaṃvatsarā 'ṛṣayo yāni santyeti saṃvatsarāśca tva'rṣayaśca santyāni ca varddhayanvityetatsaṃ divyena dīdihi rocanenetyasau vā'ādityo divyam̐ rocanaṃ tena saṃdīdihītyetādvaśvā 'ābhāhi pradiśaścatasra 'iti survā 'ābhāhi pradiśaścatasra 'ityetat ### [7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.27) ( ttā ) tā 'etā 'ekavyākhyānāḥ | ( ' ) etumevābhi yuthaitumeva̱ saṃskuryādetatham̐ saṃdadhyādetaṃ janayettā 'āgneyyaḥ prājāpatyā yudagni̱rupaśyannenāgne̱yyo yatpra̱jāpati̱ samainddha tena prājāpatyāḥ ### [7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7.28) (0) dvāda̱śāpriyaḥ | ( yo ) dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaro'gniryāvānagniryāvatyasya mātrā tāvataivainemetadāprīṇāti ## Linked texts (2) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.6.2.1.1) — Sanskrit - [Kāṇvīya Śatapathabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kanviyasatapathabrahmana.29.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.citikanda.7) · Pramāṇa