[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) › 29.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 29.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 29.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.2) svāhā satyenaiva saṃbhūtā | nānyena | brahmaṇa eva duhitā brahmaṇeva prakarṣeṇa kṛtā | lātavyena ṛṣiṇā samānagotrā | tasyā akṣarāṇi sakāra- 5 vakārahakārātmakāni trīṇi | padamekam | etāvatyeveti mantavyam | asyai asyāḥ varṇarūpāṇi śuklaḥ padmaḥ, —padmaśabdena padmavarṇa upalakṣyate, — \[suvarṇaḥ\] suvarṇavarṇaśceti trayaḥ | aśyāścatvāra ṛgādayo vedāḥ ucchāsāḥ ta eva tasyāḥ śarīram | aṅgāni niruktādīni ṣaḍ vedāṅgāni | tānyeva tasyā aṅgāni | oṣadhivanaspataya evāsyā lomāni | tathā asyā dve śirasī | tayoreva 10 pradarśanam | amāvāsyaikaṃ śiraḥ | paurṇamāsī dvitīyaṃ śiraḥ | tatraiva yāgakaraṇāt | candrādityau eva asyāścakṣuḥ | cakṣuṣī ityarthaḥ | ājyabhāgākhye karmaṇī eva asyā hutaṃ havanasthānam | mukhamityarthaḥ | yāge yā dakṣiṇā saiva prāvṛtāvaraṇaṃ tasyāḥ | bṛhadrathantaraṃ bṛhadrathantarasāmanī eva bāhū iti śeṣaḥ | ṛgyajuḥsāma | ṛgādayastrayo 15 vedā gatiḥ | pādā ityarthaḥ | evaṃvidhā yā svāhā saiva svadhā | nānyā | tathā saḥ vaṣaṭkāraḥ | saiṣā svāhā deveṣu devayajñeṣu 17 vaṣaṭkārabhūtā satī prayujyate | saiva svadhābhūtā pitṛyajñeṣu prayujyate ityāśrayanirūpaṇam | śakaṭīmukhīṃ pṛthivīm adhiṣṭhāya antarikṣeṇa \[antarikṣa\] mārgeṇa viparyeti | svāhā sarvaṃ svargādiphalaṃ prāpnotīti \[artha:\]| tasyāḥ svāhāyā agnidaivataṃ agniraiva devatā | rūpaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ | tatprādhānyāt | he prajāpate ! tvatto'nyaḥ kaścit sarvāṇi bhuvanāni paribhavituṃ na śaknoti | ataste tubhyaṃ vayaṃ yatkāmā yatphalaṃ kāmayamānāḥ juhuma tat phalaṃ no'smākam astu | kiṃ ca | vayaṃ rayīṇāṃ dhanānāṃ patayaḥ syāma bhavema | svāhetyanena svāhāyāḥ prajāpatiparigraho darśitaḥ | yathoktarūpāṃ svāhāṃ praśaṃsati— palāśasamidbhiḥ aṣṭasahasram aṣṭottarasahasraṃ juhuyāt | tatra devatāprakāśakān mantrān darśayati— - [Previous: 29.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.1) - [Next: 29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.3) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.80.2-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.2) · Pramāṇa