[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) › 18.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 18.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 18.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2) jāyeran yāstvaṃ vidyā iti | tebhya etatsomye carau śyāvamājyaṃ prāyacchat | tadavekṣanta | te prāpaśyan | prapaśyatyanandho bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānsaumyaṃ carum avekṣate ### [18.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p1) purā satraṃ bahukartṛkaṃ dvādaśāhādibahudinasādhyaṃ yāgam āsīnānām anutiṣṭhatāṃ sādhyānām etannāmakānāṃ devānām akṣasu cakṣuṣu śarkarāḥ ### [18.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p2) sikatā jajñire jātāḥ | te devā indramupaniṣeduḥ upāgaman | gatvā caivamavocan | teṣāṃ satramāsīnānām asmākaṃ cakṣuṣu śarkarāḥ kathaṃ nu ### [18.2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p3) jāyeran | he indra ! tvaṃ yāḥ cakṣuṣu utpannāḥ śarkarā vidyā jānīṣe ityevaṃpṛṣṭa indraḥ tatparihārāya tebhyo devebhyaḥ saumye carāvetat prasiddhaṃ śyāvam ājyaṃ ### [18.2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p4) prāyacchat | tataste tadājyamavekṣanta | tadavekṣaṇena te devāḥ prāpaśyan | teṣāṃ cakṣūṃṣyapanītaśarkarāṇyabhūvannityarthaḥ | ato yaḥ kaścit pumānevaṃ vidvān jānan ### [18.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p5) saumyaṃ carumājyapūrṇamavekṣate sa prapaśyati samyak paśyati, anandhaśca bhavati | tasmāddhṛtaśiṣṭamajyapūrṇaṃ carumavekṣetetyarthaḥ | atra viśeṣo bahvṛcabrāhmaṇe ### [18.2.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2.p6) śrūyate—pratigṛhya saumyaṃ hotā pūrvaṃ chandogebhyo'vekṣeta taṃ haike pūrvaṃ chandogebhyo haranti tattathā na kuryāt | vaṣaṭkartā prathamaṃ sarvabhakṣān ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.7.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.7.2) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.7.2) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍvaṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvamsabrahmana.7.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.18.2) · Pramāṇa