[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) › 30.1 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 30.1 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 30.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.30.1) eṣu lokeṣu pṛthivyādilokaviṣaye devāścāsurāśca parasparam aspardhanta | asurebhyaḥ spardhamānā devāḥ prajāpatimupādhāvan | tataḥ prajāpatistebhya upasannebhyo devebhya etāṃ vakṣyamāṇāṃ daivīṃ devasaṃbandhinīṃ śāntiṃ śatrukṛtopadravanirharaṇasādhanabhūtāṃ prāyacchaditi | tataḥ kimityatrāha— saḥ vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavān prācīṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate 5 homakaraṇārthaṃ pravartate | vakṣyamāṇānāmadbhutaviśeṣāṇāṃ prācyā diśo'pi indrādisaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— saḥ vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavān homādhikārī dakṣiṇāṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate | homārthaṃ pravartate | nimittaviśeṣāṇāṃ dakṣiṇāyā diśo'pi yāmyatvāviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān adhikārī pratīcīṃ paścimāṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate homakaraṇārthaṃ pravarteta | tannimittaviśeṣāṇāṃ pratīcyā diśaśca varuṇasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān adhikārī udīcīṃ diśam anvīkṣya āvartate pravartate homārtham | nimittaviśeṣāṇām udīcyā diśaśca vaiśravaṇasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— sa nimittaviśeṣavān pṛthivīmanvīkṣyāvartate homārthaṃ pravartate | vakṣyamāṇanimittānāṃ pṛthivyāśrayatvaviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati- vakṣyamāṇanimittānāmantarikṣasya ca vāyusaṃbandhāviśeṣāt vakṣyamāṇanimittaviśeṣavānadhikārī antarikṣam anvīkṣya homārthaṃ pravartate | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati-- sa vakṣyamāṇanimittavān divaṃ dyulokamanvīkṣyāvartate | pravartate homārtham | divo vakṣyamāṇanimittānāṃ ca somasaṃbandhitvāviśeṣāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— sa vakṣyamāṇādbhutaviśeṣanimittavānadhikārī parām utkṛṣṭāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ 5 divam anvīkṣyāvartate | homārthaṃ pravartate | nimittānāṃ diśa(va ?)śca vaiṣṇavatvāt | idānīṃ nimittaviśeṣān darśayati— - [Previous: 29.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.29.7) - [Next: 30.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.30.2.1) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.30) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.81.1-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.30.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.30.1) · Pramāṇa