[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) › [Rigvedabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana) › 27.8 # Rigvedabrahmana 27.8 Ṛgvedabrāhmaṇa 27.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27.8) anto vai ṣaṣṭhamaharatha punastatireva saptamamahastasmāttatavanti saptame 'hansūktāni śasyante prāyaṇīyarūpeṇa punaḥprāyaṇīyaṃ hi saptamamahaḥ pra vaḥ śukrāya bhānave bharadhvamityājyaṃ pravatpravaddai prathamasyāhno rūpaṃ pra vīrayā śucayo dadrire vāmiti vāyavyaṃ pravatpravadvai prathamasyāhno rūpamata evottaraṃ tṛcamaindrāvāyavaṃ te satyena manasā dīdhyānā iti svena yuktāsaḥ kratunā vahantīti yuktavadyuktavadvai prathamasyāhno rūpamudvāṃ cakṣurvaruṇa supratīkamiti maitrāvaruṇaṃ devayoreti sūryastanvāniti tatavattatavadvai saptamasyāhno rūpamā gomatā nāsatyā rathenā no deva śavasā yāhi śuṣminna vo yajñeṣu devayanto arcanma codasā dhāyasā sasa eṣetyeti vā vai preti vā prāyaṇīyarūpaṃ tasmādāvanti ca pravanti ca saptame 'hansūktāni śasyante prāyaṇīyarūpeṇa punaḥprāyaṇīyaṃ hi saptamamahastadāhuryatkiṃcicchandaḥ prātaḥsavane yujyetārcarcaśa eva tasya śastraṃ gāyatryai rūpeṇātho prātaḥsavanarūpeṇeti tadu ha smāha kauṣītakirna triṣṭubjagatyāvetatsthāne 'rdharcaśaḥ śasyāya yadyapi prātaḥsavane yujyeyātāṃ paccha evainayoḥ śastramiti sā sthitirbṛhatpṛṣṭhaṃ rāthaṃtaraṃ śastraṃ tanmithunaṃ prajātyai rūpamanvāyattā marutvatīyānāṃ pratipadanucarā anvāyattā brāhmaṇāspatyāstyaharūpeṇa teṣāmuktaṃ brāhmaṇam - [Previous: 27.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27.7) - [Next: 27.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27.9) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27) ## Linked texts (2) - [Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.26.4.21) — Kauṣītaki, Sanskrit - [Ṛgvedaśāṅkhāyanīyabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedasankhayaniyabrahmana.33.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.rgvedabrahmana.27.8) · Pramāṇa