[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) › 8.1 # Citikanda 8.1 Citikāṇḍa 8.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.8.1) maṃtrasyāyamarthaḥ | atrāgnipadena prajāpatirucyase-"tato vai prajāpatiragnirabhavat" iti prāgāmnānāt | uttaratra tāsāṃ navānā magniraṃva draṣṭā prajāpatirdevatati vakṣyati | ato'pi agnipadena prajāpatireva saṃbodhyaḥ | he agne saṃvatsarātmaka prajāpate ! tvāṃ tvāṃ visrastam ṛtavaḥ vasaṃtādyāḥ prajāpateḥ saṃvatsarātmakatvāt tadavayavā ṛtavaḥ samāḥ saṃvatsarāḥ ca varddhayaṃtu | ṛṣayaḥ ṛṣipadena prāṇā ucyaṃte-"ke ta ṛṣayaḥ prāṇā vā ṛṣayaḥ" ( śa.pa.6|1|1 - [Previous: 7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.7.28) - [Next: 8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.8.16) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.8) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha.citikanda.8.1) · Pramāṇa