[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) › 28.3 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 28.3 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 28.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.3) sa bhīta ādityaḥ prajāpatimupādhāvat | tasya svasamīpaṃ prāptasya asurajayāya prajāpatiretad vakṣyamāṇaṃ bheṣajaṃ pratīkāram apaśyat | ṛtam anṛtavarjanam ! satyaṃ yathārthabhāṣaṇam | brahma ṛgvedādikam | oṃkāraṃ praṇavam | tripadāṃ pādatrayavatīṃ gāyatrīṃ ceti | kiṃ ca | yathoktasya bheṣajasya brahmaṇo mukhaṃ pradhānam iti apaśyat | atha kṣayapradarśanānantaraṃ saṃbharaṇaṃ candramasaḥ kalābhiḥ poṣaṇam ucyata iti śeṣaḥ | yatra candrakalā cānupūrvamanupraviṣṭā tāṃ tebhyaḥ \[saṃbharanti\] | katham ? oṣadhībhyo vanaspatibhyaśca | apuṣpāḥ phalavanto vanaspatayastebhyaśca | gobhyaḥ paśubhyaśca ādityācca brahmaṇaśca | brahma mantrādyātmako vedaḥ, tasmād | brāhmaṇa!stam eteṣūṣitaṃ candramasaṃ saṃnayante sampāḍanayanti | yasmādevaṃ tasmāt sāṃnnāyyasya saṃnayanasaṃbandhinaścandramasaḥ sāṃnnāyyatvam | yathā paśubhiroṣadhībhyaśca saṃnīya vapātmani (nā?), saṃnayanād dadhipayasoḥ sāṃnāvyatvam | tathā ca taittirīyā āmananti- etadasmai saṃnayateti | tatpaśava oṣadhībhyo'dhyātmensamanayan | tatpratyaduhan | yatsamanayan tatsāṃnāyyasya sāṃnāvyatvam | (tai. saṃ. 2. 5. 3. 3) iti | evamatrāpītyarthaḥ | athedānīmanumatyādipatitvena candramasaṃ praśaṃsati- - [Previous: 28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2) - [Next: 28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.4) - [Up: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.10-2.p1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.3) · Pramāṇa