[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) › [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa) › [Shadvimshabrahmanabhashya (Sayana)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana) › 28.1 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 28.1 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 28.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.1) arthaścātirohita eva | uttaraṃ vaktumupakramate— atha iti vākyopakrame| eṣā vakṣyamāṇā candramasaḥ saṃbandhinī kṣayavṛddhiḥ| kṣayaśca vṛddhiśca| yadyapi dvivacanena bhāvyaṃ, tathāpi bāhulakādekavacanam| tasyaitra vivaraṇam| yadā vai yasminneva kāle candramāḥ kṣīyate kalābhiḥ, yadā kalābhiḥ āpyāyate ca tad vayam anuvyākhyāsyāmaḥ| anuvarṇayāma iti | tatra prathamaṃ tasya kṣayaprakāraṃ darśayati— - [Previous: 27.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.27.18) - [Next: 28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.77.5) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.1) · Pramāṇa