[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) › 21.1 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 21.1 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 21.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1) retasyāmṛcaṃ sāmnā pracchannāmagāyata | yadṛcamasāmnīmagāsyadasthyamāṃsamajaniṣyata | yatsāmānṛcaṃ māṃsamanasthikamajaniṣyata ṛcaṃ sāmnā pracchannāṃ gāyati | tasmāt puruṣaḥ pracchanno māṃsana tvacā lomnā jāyate ### [21.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p1) prajāpatiḥ vidhātā puraivam akāmayata bahuḥ syāṃ sthāvarajaṅgamātmakatvena ### [21.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p2) nānāvidho'haṃ bhaveyam | tasyaiva vivaraṇaṃ prajāyeya iti | sa evaṃ kāmayitvā ### [21.1.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p3) retasyāṃ retasyā prathamā vadhūḥ | tadanvayādṛgapi retasyā | tāmupāsmai gāyatā ### [21.1.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p4) naraḥ (sā. 651) ityetāmṛcaṃ sāmnā pracchannāṃ vyāptām agāyata | yat yadi ### [21.1.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p5) kaścit ṛcam asāmnīṃ sāmarahitāmagāsyat tarhi tasyām ṛci amāṃsaṃ ### [21.1.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p6) māṃsarahitam asthi ajaniṣyata | ṛcamapuṣṭāmakariṣyadityarthaḥ | kiṃ ca yad ### [21.1.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p7) yadi sāma anṛcam ṛgvarjitamagāsyat tarhi anasthikam asthirahitaṃ māṃsam ### [21.1.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p8) ajaniṣyata | tat sāma nirādhāramajaniṣyatetyarthaḥ | tasmāt ādyāmṛcaṃ ### [21.1.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p9) 3. K. om. atha ; Bh J 0māne for 0māna0 ### [21.1.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p10) 4. M. gāyati for gāyed ### [21.1.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p11) 6. M. Bh I bahu for bahuḥ ### [21.1.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p12) 11. M. vedhāḥ saḥ for vidhātā ### [21.1.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p13) 15. RSI. om. amāṃsaṃ ### [21.1.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p14) 16. SI add tad before ṛcama ; RSJ. ajanayad for akariṣyad ### [21.1.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1.p15) 17. R. ṛtvigvarjitaṃ, Bh J aśitam for ṛgvarjitam ## 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.7.1-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.21.1) · Pramāṇa