[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) › 52.15-20 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 52.15-20 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 52.15-20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [52.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.15) satyam | tathāpi prathamastrirātraḥ prasṛtacchandāḥ prasṛtāni vistīrṇāni gāyatryādīni chandāṃsi yasminniti sa tathoktaḥ | prātaḥsavanasya gāyatratvāt ### [52.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.20) atha dvitīyatrirātrasya cchandovibhāgenāyātayāmatvaṃ darśayati— athottarasya cchandāṃsi vyūhanti | triṣṭubhaḥ pratipado bhavanti | triṣṭubhāṃ loke jagatyo jagatīnāṃ gāyatryastena ### [52.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.16) yukte tatsthāne'pi dakṣiṇataḥ sthite yukte sati ubhāvapi vahīyāṃsau voḍhārau ### [52.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.18) iti śruteḥ | vasiṣṭhastu — sādhyāse caturṛce prathamā bṛhatī ṣaṭtriṃśadakṣarā pragrathanena saṃpannā uttarāstisraḥ kakubhaḥ pratyekamaṣṭāviṃśatyakṣarā ityevaṃ viṃśatyuttaraśatamakṣarāṇi bhavanti | evaṃ ca dvādaśa virājo bhavantītyakṣaryāṃ hi virājam ### [52.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.17) sāmaśravasaḥ sāmaśravāḥ kaścidṛṣiḥ tasyāpatyaṃ sāmaśravaso muñjanāmā kaścidṛṣiḥ | etad vakṣyamāṇam āha sma | tasyaiva pradarśanam | yaccaturṛce sāma ## Commentaries (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.18.7) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.15-20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.52.15-20) · Pramāṇa