[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) › 16.21 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 16.21 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 16.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21) bhūmirbhūmimagānmamātā mātaramapyagād | bhūyāma putraiḥ paśubhiryo'smān dveṣṭi sa bhidyatāmiti | tadvā ātmānaṃ ca yajamānaṃ ca svena rasena samarddhayati ### [16.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21.p1) atha punaḥ yadvai kiṃca yadapi śarāvodañcanādikaṃ mṛnmayaṃ pātraṃ yajñe bhidyeta tad bhinnaṃ pātraṃ bhūmirbhūmim ityādinā mantreṇa abhimṛśet | asya ### [16.21.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21.p2) mantrasya ayamarthaḥ-bhūmiḥ vikārātmikā bhūmiḥ prakṛtibhūtāṃ bhūmiṃ pṛthivīm agāt | api ca, mātā sarvasya jagato nirmātrī pṛthivī mātaraṃ ### [16.21.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21.p3) pṛthivīmevāgāt | dyauḥ pitā pṛthivī mātā (tai. brā. 2.8.6.5) iti śruteḥ vayaṃ tu putraiḥ paśubhiśca samṛddhā bhūyāma bhūyāsma | yaḥ śatruḥ asmān dveṣṭi ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.6.21) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.6.21) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.6.21) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍvaṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvamsabrahmana.6.21) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.16.21) · Pramāṇa