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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— ### [29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.3) tasya svāhākāraparigraheṇa tṛptasya prajāpateḥ tṛptimanu yajamānaḥ prajayā putrapautrādikayā paśubhiḥ gavādibhiḥ annādyena tejasā brahmavarcasena,— \[brahmavarcasaṃ\] vṛttasvādhyāyatejaḥ tena,—ca tṛpyati | itiśabdo'dhyāyaparisamāptidyotanārthaḥ | iti ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇe pañcamādhyāye saptamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ | 7 || vedārthasya prakāśena tamo hārdaṃ nivārayan | pumarthāṃścaturo deyādvidyātīrthamaheśvaraḥ || iti śrīmadrājādhirājaparameśvaravaidikamārgapravartakaśrīvīrabukka bhūpālasāmrājyadhuraṃdhareṇa sāyaṇācāryeṇa viracite mādhavīye sāmavedārthaprakāśe ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇe savyākhyāne pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ | 5 || yasya niḥśvasitaṃ vedā yo vedebhyo'khilaṃ jagat | nirmame tamahaṃ vande vidyātīrthamaheśvaram || atha ṣaṣṭhādhyāye adbhutaśāntirnirūpyate | tatra prathamaṃ tāṃ saviśeṣāṃ darśayituṃ pratijānīte— aindraḥ indradevatyaḥ | sarve'pi devatāvācakāḥ śabdāḥ taddhitāntāḥ | aindrādayo vaiṣṇavyāntā aṣṭāvṛcaḥ | tābhirjuhuyāt ityarthaḥ | tā eva ṛcaḥ pratīkairaidarśayatiṃ— ### [29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.4) etā ṛcaḥ chandogranthavyākhyāne spaṣṭamasmābhirvyākhyātā ityatra na vyākriyante | yathoktamantrairhomaṃ darśayitvā idānīṃ tadaṅgatvena teṣāmeva svastivācanaṃ darśayati— ### [29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.5) etāni yathoktāni mantravākyāni sāmaprabhṛti sāmagānapuraḥsaram aṣṭaśatam aṣṭottaraśataṃ pratyekaṃ japitvā svasti vācayitvā puṇyāhavācana kuryādityarthaḥ | tathā ca sati eṣāṃ yajamānānāṃ svasti aniṣṭaparihāradvāreṇa maṅgalaṃ bhavatyeva | svastivācanamantrān pratīkaikaiḥ darśayati— ### [29.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.6) ete mantrā uttaragranthe spaṣṭamasmābhiḥ vyākhyātāḥ | svastivācanamantrāṇāṃ homasaṃbhāropasthāne viniyogaṃ darśayati— ### [29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.7) etaiḥ svastidāviśaspatirityādyairmantraiḥ saṃbhārāṇāmupasthānaṃ kṛtvā śeṣaṃ karma samāpayedityarthaḥ | tathā ca sati asya yajamānasya svasti maṅgalaṃ bhavatyeva | dviruktirādarārthā | śāntipraśaṃsārthā ca | liṅgādanyatra viniyuktānāmapyeṣāṃ mantrāṇāṃ śrutyā saṃbhāropasthāne viniyogaḥ | yathā aindrayā gārhapatyamupatiṣṭhate (?) iti śrutyā aindrayā ṛco gārhapatyopasthāne viniyogaḥ | iti śrīsāyaṇācāryaviracite mādhavīye sāmavedārthaprakāśe ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇe ṣaṣṭhādhyāye prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ | atha prasaṅgācchatrukṛtopadrave prāpte śatruvijayārthaṃ homaviśeṣamākhyāyikāpuraḥsaraṃ darśayitumupakramate ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.80.1-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29) · Pramāṇa