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# Pañcaviṃśa (Tāṇḍya Mahā) Brāhmaṇa 48

Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 48

- **Language:** Sanskrit

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(PB 5.1.1) vāmadevyaṃ mahāvrataṃ kāryam  
(PB 5.1.2) trivṛc chiro bhavati  
(PB 5.1.3) trivṛd dhy eva śiro loma tvag asthi  
(PB 5.1.4) pāṅkta itara ātmā loma tvaṅ māṃsam asthi majjā  
(PB 5.1.5) sakṛd dhiṅkṛtena śirasā pārācā stuvate  
(PB 5.1.6) tasmāc chiro 'ṅgāni medyanti nānumedyati na kṛśyanty anukṛśyati  
(PB 5.1.7) punar abhyāvartam itareṇātmanā stuvate tasmād itara ātmā medyati ca kṛśyati ca  
(PB 5.1.8) arkavatīṣu gāyatrīṣu śiro bhavati  
(PB 5.1.9) annaṃ vā arko brahmavarcasaṃ gāyatry annādyaṃ caivaibhyo brahmavarcasaṃ ca mukhato dadhāti  
(PB 5.1.10) pañcadaśasaptadaśau pakṣau bhavataḥ prakṣābhyāṃ vai yajamāno vayo bhūtvā svargaṃ lokam eti  
(PB 5.1.11) tāv āhuḥ samau kāryau pañcadaśau vā saptadaśau vā savīvadhatvāya  
(PB 5.1.12) tad v āhur yat samau bhavata ekavīryau tarhi bhavata iti pañcadaśasaptadaśāv eva kāryau sācīva vai vayaḥ pakṣau kṛtvāpatīyaḥ patati  
(PB 5.1.13) dakṣiṇato bṛhat kāryaṃ dakṣiṇo vā ardha ātmano vīryavattaraḥ  
(PB 5.1.14) atho khalv āhur uttarata eva kāryaṃ brāhmaṇācchaṃsino 'rdhāt traiṣṭubhaṃ vai bṛhat traiṣṭubho vai brāhmaṇācchaṃsī traiṣṭubhaḥ pañcadaśastomaḥ  
(PB 5.1.15) dakṣiṇato rathantaraṃ kāryaṃ maitrāvaruṇasyārdhād gāyatraṃ vai rathantaraṃ gāyatro maitrāvaruṇo gāyatraḥ saptadaśastomaḥ  
(PB 5.1.16) ekaviṃśaṃ pucchaṃ bhavati  
(PB 5.1.17) ekaviṃśo vai stomānāṃ pratiṣṭhā tasmād vayaḥ pucchena pratiṣṭhāyotpatati pucchena pratiṣṭhāya niṣīdati  
(PB 5.1.18) yajñāyajñīyaṃ pucchaṃ kāryaṃ yajñāyajñīyaṃ hy eva mahāvratasya puccham  
(PB 5.1.19) atho khalv āhur atiśayaṃ vai dvipadāṃ yajñāyajñīyaṃ bhadram kāryaṃ samṛddhyai

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## Commentaries (1)

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

## Discussed in (2)

- [Altindische Grammatik](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.wackernagel-1896.v3.c9.2125) — Wackernagel & Debrunner 1896, German
- [Śūdras in Ancient India: A Social History of the Lower Order down to circa A.D. 600](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.sharma-1958.c8.244) — Sharma 1958, English

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