[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) › 31.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 31.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa) 31.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31.2) atha punarasya puruṣasya mānuṣaṃ manuṣyatvaṃ manuṣyarūpavatsaṃjanakatvam | gāvo manuṣyān prasūyanta iti yāvat | tathā mahiṣyajāśvoṣṭrāḥ prasūyante | hīnāṅgāni aṅgahīnāni \[atiriktāṅgāni\] adhikāṅgāni dviśīrṣavādīni ṣaḍaṅgulatvādīni janturūpāṇi svajātyananurūpādhikāṅgayuktāni vā jāyante | asaṃbhavāni śaśaviṣāṇaprāyāṇi saṃbhavanti jāyante | asūyāni kanyājaraṭhavandhyādīni asūyanti prasūyante prajāḥ | abalāni asamarthāni samarthībhavanti | idānīṃ tajjanyaduritāpūrvabarhaṇasādhanaṃ homaviśeṣaṃ setikartavyatākaṃ darśayati- - [Previous: 31.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31.1) - [Next: 31.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31.3) - [Up: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31) ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.99.15) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.31.2) · Pramāṇa