[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) › 12.20 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 12.20 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 12.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20) purā pūrvaṃ kaśyapāḥ tadgotrotpannā ṛṣayaḥ asitamṛgāḥ santaḥ viśvarūpāḥ ### [12.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p1) udgāyanti sma khalu | atha punastatra yuvānamanūcānaṃ sāṅgavedādhyāyinam ### [12.20.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p2) M. adds svasmai svātmane after ātmane ca ### [12.20.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p3) 4. Bh JA om. sthānāni ### [12.20.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p4) 8. R Bh IS. yajñe for yajño ### [12.20.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p5) 12. Bh 0binduṃ for bindaṃ; TIA brāhmaṇa0 for brāhmaṇā0 ### [12.20.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p6) 15. Bh. om. brāhmaṇā; Bh TSK. saṃsthā0 for samasthā0 ### [12.20.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p7) 19. J. asitamṛga0 for santaḥ viśva0 ### [12.20.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p8) 20. J. sāma0 for sāṅga0 ### [12.20.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p9) auddālakim uddālakasyāpatyaṃ kusurubindanāmānamṛṣiṃ brāhmaṇāḥ kecidudgīthāya udgīthabhaktigānāya vavre vavrire vṛtavantaḥ | tataḥ te brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ ### [12.20.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p10) parasparamevamavocan kila | ayaṃ kusurubindaḥ naḥ asmākam ārtvijyam ### [12.20.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p11) ṛtvikkarma paryādatta eva | hanteti praśne | imaṃ kusurubindam anuvyāharāma ### [12.20.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p12) yatkiṃcit pṛcchāma iti | te punaḥ anuvyāhariṣyantaḥ santaḥ ### [12.20.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p13) tamupaniṣeduḥ samīpaṃ prāptāḥ | sa punasteṣāmabhiprāyaṃ jñātvā evamuvāca—he ### [12.20.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p14) brāhmaṇāḥ ! vaḥ yuṣmabhyaṃ namaḥ namaskāraḥ astu | prāhṇe vai prātareva ahaṃ yajñaṃ ### [12.20.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p15) samasthāpayaṃ parisamāpayāmi | yathā tu vai yathā tu khalu yātasya gatasya ### [12.20.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p16) grāmasya śīrṇaṃ kīṭādyupahataṃ vāhanaṃ vā gṛhādikaṃ vā bhagnam anusamādadhīt ### [12.20.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p17) (0vahet ?) | kaścit samarthaḥ samādadhīta evaṃ vai evameva ahaṃ yajñasya ### [12.20.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p18) atoḥ vaikalyaparihārāya | anena yajamānena adhikariṣyāmi niyukto'smīti ### [12.20.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20.p19) tenoktāste brāhmaṇāḥ asmai kusurubindāya idam asmanmanasi sthitam ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍvaṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvamsabrahmana.4.16-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.12.20) · Pramāṇa