[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) › 28.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 28.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 28.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2) purā devāścāsurāśca parasparam aspardhanta | tatra te devaiḥ saha spardhamānā asurāḥ dānavāḥ ādityam abhilakṣya yoddhum abhidravan | tadānīṃ sa ādityaḥ tebhyo'surebhyaḥ bibhet | atastasya ādityasya hṛdayaṃ kūrmarūpeṇa saṃkucyātiṣṭhat iti | tataḥ kimityatrāha— ya evaṃ devāḥ pūrvapakṣe śuklapakṣe dīkṣante somapānāya dīkṣāṃ kurvanti te dīkṣitā devā aparapakṣe kṛṣṇapakṣe somaṃ bhakṣayanti | katham ? tatra somapānaviṣaye imāni vakṣyamāṇāni trīṇi pātrāṇi upadhīyante | teṣāmeva pradarśanam | pṛthivī paridṛśyamānaḥ pṛthivīlokaṃ ekaṃ pātram | antarikṣam antarikṣaloka ekaṃ pātram | dyauḥ dyulokaṃ ekaṃ pātram iti | tatra ādityā ādityākhyā devā divyena dyulokātmakena pātreṇa prathamaṃ tredhā vibhāgenādyavibhāgātmakaṃ pañcakalaṃ, pañca kalā yasya taṃ somaṃ, pañcamīm | atyantasaṃyoge dvitīyā | pratipadamārabhya pañcamīparyantaṃ bhakṣayanti | pratidinam ekaikāṃ kalāṃ pibantītyarthaḥ | tataste dīkṣitā \[rudrāḥ\] rudrākhyā devā antarikṣeṇa antarikṣalokātmakena pātreṇa dvitīyaṃ pañcakalaṃ somaṃ daśamīṃ ṣaṣṭhīmārabhya daśamīparyantaṃ bhakṣayanti | tataste dīkṣitā vasavo vasvākhyā devāḥ pṛthivyā pātreṇa tṛtīyaṃ tṛtīyabhāgātmakaṃ pañcakalaṃ somaṃ pañcadaśīṃ pañcadaśīparyantaṃ pūrvavad bhakṣayanti | tataścandramasaḥ ṣoḍaśī ekā kalā avaśiṣyate | yataḥ candramāḥ ṣoḍaśakalaḥ | anantaraṃ saḥ avaśiṣṭaikakalaḥ soma oṣadhyādīn praviśati | tathā ca sati indrajyeṣṭhā indrapramukhāḥ somapāśca asomapāśca sarve devāḥ taṃ somam abhilakṣya tādṛśasomavatīṃ rātriṃ vasante | atra dṛṣṭāntaḥ | yathā pitaram ityādi | vṛddhaṃ jarayā pralayaṃ nāśam upagacchamānam upagacchantaṃ vyādhigataṃ rogiṇaṃ pitaraṃ pitāmahaṃ prapitāmahaṃ vābhilakṣya mariṣyati na veti saṃdihānāḥ putrādayaḥ tāṃ rātriṃ vasanti tadvadityarthaḥ | tat tena sahavāsanimittena amāvāsyāyā amāvāsyātvam | amā saha vasatyasyāmiti vyutpatterityarthaḥ | yasmādevaṃ tasmād eva khalu amāvāsyāyāṃ na kiṃcidapyadhyetavyaṃ bhavati | adhyetavyasya varṇātmakasya vedarāśeragniṣṭomātmakatvāt tatra ca somasyādarśanādityarthaḥ | athāsya vṛddhiprakāraṃ pratijñāpūrvakaṃ darśayati— - [Previous: 28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.1) - [Next: 28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.3) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2) · Pramāṇa