[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) › 40.17 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 40.17 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 40.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17) yathoktāticchandaḥ praśaṃsativāraṇamiva vā etacchando yadaticchandā vāraṇīva rakṣāṃsyaraṇmāyatanāni | tadyathā svamaraṇyamabhayenātikrāmettādṛgetat ### [40.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17.p1) etacchandaḥ vāraṇamiva vai rakṣasāṃ nivārakameva khalu | yat yena ### [40.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17.p2) aticchandā ayaṃ mantraḥ | yata eva rakṣāṃsi vāraṇīva nivāraṇīyānyeva ### [40.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17.p3) araṇmāyatanāni araṇyagṛhāṇi bhavanti | tat tasmādrakṣovargaḥ svaṃ ## 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.17.17) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.40.17) · Pramāṇa