[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) › [Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa) › 12.0 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 12.0 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 12.0 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0) 16. Bh MTJA. om. first jyotiḥ ; K rugapi, M. vāgapi for ṛgapi ; R tat ṛk 0, SI tacca ### [12.0.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p1) for ṛk ### [12.0.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p2) 17. JA kiṃca for api ca ### [12.0.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p3) 19. K sāmādhiṣṭhātā, M. sāmno'dhiṣṭhātā, J sāmnāṃ tadiśiṣṭatayā, A ### [12.0.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p4) sāmnāṃ tadaviṣṭatayā for sāmnāmadhiṣṭhātā ### [12.0.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p5) kiṃ bahunā | tena yena gāyatrī jyotiḥ | tena yena sarvāpi devatā jyotiḥ ### [12.0.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p6) jyotirākhyaṃ sāmaivāhamagāsiṣaṃ na tama iti | kiṃca, yuṣmāṃsu prativaktṝn ### [12.0.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p7) yuṣmāneva pāpmanā pāparūpeṇa tamasā vidhyāni bādhe | yuṣmāneva ajñān ### [12.0.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p8) karomītyāha brūyāt | tatraivaṃ sati enān prativaktṝn pāpmanaiva tamasā ### [12.0.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p9) vidhyatīti | evamatipraśastatvāt viśvarūpāgānapakṣe jyotīṃṣi gāyedityarthaḥ ### [12.0.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p10) yat stūyate tad vidhīyate iti nyāyena stutyā vidhikalpanasya yuktatvāt ### [12.0.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p11) ata eva drākṣāyaṇo viśvarūpāgānapakṣe jyotirgānaṃ kālaṃ prakāraṃ ca darśayāmāsa | viśvarūpāścedgāyejjyotīṃṣyapi gāyet | parihite prātaranuvāke'ponaptrīyaṃ nāma sūktaṃ purā tasmāttaddhotāramāramayitvāgrayaṇasya ### [12.0.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p12) vānuhiṃkāraṃ pavitraṃ dhārayannāstāvaṃ vā prāpya purā stomayogādagnirjyotirjyotiragnirindro jyotirjyotirindraḥ sūryo jyotirjyotiḥ sūrya (sā. 1831) ### [12.0.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p13) ityeteṣu pādeṣu tristrirekaikamabhyāsaṃ manasā gāyatraṃ gāyet (2.4.18-22 ### [12.0.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p14) lā. 1. 8. 13-14) iti | asyārthaḥ | yadi viśvarūpā gāyet tarhi hotrā ### [12.0.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p15) prātaranuvāke śastre samāpite sati tenaivānuvaktavyamaponaptrīyaṃ nāma kiṃcit ### [12.0.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p16) sūktamasti | tadanuvacanāt pūrvaṃ hotāramārametyuktvā udgātā jyotīṃṣi gāyet ### [12.0.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p17) 1. M. before sarvāpi adds: kiṃ bahunā gāyatrī jyotistena yena ### [12.0.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p18) bahunoktena yena tena ; Bh AI after jyotiḥ adds: abhavat | tajjyotiḥ ### [12.0.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p19) and A after tajjyotiḥ and before sāmaiva adds: jyotirākhyaṃ sāma ### [12.0.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p20) 2. M. jyotirjyotiraśyaṃ for jyotirākhyaṃ; JA 0vaktṛṣu for ### [12.0.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p21) 0vaktṝn ### [12.0.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p22) 3. M. (a)jñānāt for (a)jñān ### [12.0.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p23) 4. TM. add atra after iti ; RA etān for enān ### [12.0.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p24) 5. R vidhyānīti for vidhyatīti ; RKSI atipraśastāni, Bh JA ### [12.0.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p25) apipurā for atipraśastatvāt ; R atipraśastāni kṛtvā for atipraśastatvāt ### [12.0.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p26) 8. T. parīkṣate for parihite; Bh adds api after hite ### [12.0.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p27) jyotirgānamapi kartavyaṃ ityartha iti viśvarūpā gāyediti ### [12.0.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p28) 14. RA 0vākākhye for 0vāke ; J. om. prātaranuvāke ; Bh JA ### [12.0.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p29) vaktavyam for anuvaktavyam ### [12.0.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p30) 15. R. SI. āramayya for ārametyuktvā; Bh. saṃnatāni, JA saṃtatāni for ### [12.0.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p31) yadvā | āgrayaṇaṃ gṛhṇato'dhvaryoḥ hiṃkāravelāyāṃ daśāpavitraṃ dhārayan tāni ### [12.0.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0.p32) gāyet | athavā āstāvaṃ bahiṣpavamānastutideśaṃ prāpya stomayogāt pūrvamagnirjyotirjyotiragnirityevaṃ prathamaḥ pādaḥ | indro jyotirjyotirindra iti ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.4.9) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.4.9) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.4.9) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Drāhyāyaṇasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.drahyayanasutra.8.20) — Sanskrit - [Dīpa (Dhanvin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.prayoga.dipa-dhanvin.8.20) — Dhanvin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.0) · Pramāṇa