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# Pañcaviṃśa (Tāṇḍya Mahā) Brāhmaṇa 167

Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 167

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [167](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa.167)

(PB 16.4.1) prajāpatiḥ prajā asṛjata tā asmai śraiṣṭhyāya nātiṣṭhanta sa āsāṃ diśāṃ prajānāṃ ca rasaṃ pravṛhya srajaṃ kṛtvā pratyamuñcata tato 'smai prajāḥ śraiṣṭhyāyātiṣṭhanta  
(PB 16.4.2) tiṣṭhante 'smai samānāḥ śraiṣṭhyāya ya evaṃ veda  
(PB 16.4.3) so 'kāmayatendro me prajāyāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ syād iti tām asmai srajaṃ pratyamuñcat tato vā indrāya prajāḥ śraiṣṭhyāyātiṣṭhanta tac chilpaṃ paśyantyo yat pitary apaśyan  
(PB 16.4.4) tasmād yaḥ putrāṇāṃ dāyaṃ dhanatamam ivopaiti taṃ manyante 'yam evedaṃ bhaviṣyatīti  
(PB 16.4.5) tato vā idam indro viśvam ajayad yad viśvam ajayat tasmād viśvajit  
(PB 16.4.6) so 'kāmayata yan me 'nabhijitaṃ tad abhijayeyam iti sa etam abhijitam apaśyat tenānabhijitam abhyajayat  
(PB 16.4.7) yad abhijid bhavaty anābhijitasyābhijityai  
(PB 16.4.8) tau vā etāv indrastomau vīryavantau śilpaṃ vā etau nāma stomāv āstām  
(PB 16.4.9) paśyate gṛhe śilpaṃ ya evaṃ veda  
(PB 16.4.10) na vai yamau nāma stomau sto yo yamābhyāṃ yajetaitābhyāṃ yajeta samṛdhyai  
(PB 16.4.11) punarabhyāvartaṃ stomā bhavanti punarabhyāvartaṃ hy etābhyām indro 'jitam ajayat  
(PB 16.4.12) trīṃs trivṛdabhijitaḥ praṇayati trīn pañcadaśaḥ trīn saptadaśaḥ trīn ekaviṃśas te dvādaśa saṃpadyante dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatim evāpnoti  
(PB 16.4.13) caturas trivṛdviśvajitaḥ praṇayati caturaḥ pañcadaśaś caturaḥ saptadaśas te dvādaśa saṃpadyante dvādaśa māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ saṃvatsaraḥ prajāpatiḥ prajāpatim evāpnoti

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## Commentaries (1)

- [Tāṇḍyamahābrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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