[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) › 60.5 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 60.5 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 60.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5) tadubhayaṃ stautipaśavo vā ukthāni | vajraḥ ṣoḍaśī | vajreṇaivāsmai vajraṃ praharati stṛtyai ### [60.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5.p1) ukthāni paśavo vai paśava eva | tatsādhanatvāt | ṣoḍaśī vajraḥ ### [60.5.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5.p2) ṣoḍaśisāmānyamanuṣṭupsu kurvantīti vacanāt | ṣoḍaśina ānuṣṭubhatve vāgvā ### [60.5.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5.p3) anuṣṭub vāgvai vajra iti praśaṃsanāt ṣoḍaśino vajratvam | tena vajreṇaiva ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.22.5) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.22.5) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.22.5) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.60.5) · Pramāṇa