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# Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 15: ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 15

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1) — 5 parts
- [15.0-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2) — 4 parts

### ṣaṣṭhaḥ khaṇḍaḥ

### [15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.p1)

virājo'tireke tannyūnatāyāṃ ca prāyaścittaṃ darśayitumāhaye virājamatiyajante virājameva ta īpsanto'muṣmin

### [15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.p2)

loke śrāmyanti | atha ya enāṃmarvāgdabhnuvanti virājameva ta

### [15.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1)

īpsanto'muṣmin loke śrāmyanti | teṣāṃ tathā śrāmyatāṃ sukṛtaṃ  
kṣīyate | na hi tadamuṣmin loke śaknuvanti yadasmāllokādakṛtvā prayanti

### [15.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1.p1)

ye ṛtvijaḥ virājaṃ daśasaṃkhyām, daśākṣarā virāḍ (śa. brā

### [15.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1.p2)

1.1.22, ai. brā. 3.41.4) iti śruteḥ | catuṣṭomasya jyotiṣṭomasya

### [15.1.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1.p3)

tasya navatiśataṃ stotrīyā (tāṃ brā. 16.1.8) iti stotrīyāṇāṃ saṃkhyāsaṃpattirbrāhmaṇe'bhihitā | tāśca virājā saṃpādyante | atastatsaṃpattiheturdaśasaṃkhyā

### [15.1.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1.p4)

virāṭ | tāṃ yadi atiyajeran atikramya stuvīran te amuṣmin paraloke

### [15.1.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.1.p5)

virājaṃ vairājyam annaṃ vā, 'annaṃ vai viraḍ' (śa. brā. 8.3.2.13) iti

### [15.0](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0)

śruteḥ, īpsantaḥ kāmayamānāḥ śrāmyanti eva | na tu virājaṃ labhante ityarthaḥ  
2. RJ om. tan 0; K 0reka tan

### [15.0-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2)

for 0reke tan

### [15.0-2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2.p1)

4. Ms Bh. enaṃ for enāṃ

### [15.0-2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2.p2)

10. Bh J adds stotraṃ before tasya ; RSIK. om. stotrīyā iti

### [15.0-2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2.p3)

11. RSI trayātye, T Bh 0pati0, M 0patri0 K. sūtravati for

### [15.0-2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.0-2.p4)

0saṃpatti0 ; RSI. 0hitaṃ for 0hitā ; RSI ataśca for tāśca; RSI virājaṃ

### [15.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.15.4)

for virājā; Bh T samāpyante samāpayanti for saṃpādyante; RSI. tataḥ for ataḥ  
ṣa0

## Commentaries (1)

- [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit

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