[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) › 68.1 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 68.1 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 68.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [68.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1) dvādaśāhe dvādaśāhamatirātre atirātraṃ ṣoḍaśini ṣoḍaśinamukthye ukthyamagniṣṭome'gniṣṭomamiṣṭipaśubandhayoriṣṭipaśubandhāvagnihotre sarvairha vā etasya yajñakratubhiriṣṭaṃ bhavati ya evaṃ vidvānagnihotraṃ juhoti ### [68.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p1) yataḥ purā prajāpatiḥ khalvetat prasiddhaṃ sahasrasaṃvatsaram | vatsaraśabdo ### [68.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p2) dinaparaḥ | śatāyuḥ puruṣaḥ (tai. saṃ 3. 2. 6. 3) iti śruteḥ ### [68.1.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p3) sahasrasaṃvatsaraṃ jīvanasya manuṣyasya kasyāpyasaṃbhāvāt | gandharvādīnāṃ ### [68.1.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p4) sahasrasaṃvatsarajīvane'pi teṣāmanurūpasaṃhārādyasāmarthyānnādhikāraḥ | na ca ### [68.1.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p5) yo māsaḥ sa saṃvatsaraḥ ( ) iti darśanāt saṃvatsaraśabdo māsapara iti ### [68.1.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p6) śaṅkanīyam | tatrāpi ādhānādūrdhvaṃ sahasramāsajīvanāsaṃbhavāt | nāpi saṃvatsarapratimā vai dvādaśarātra iti prayogāt dvādaśarātraparatā saṃvatsaraśabdasyeti ### [68.1.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p7) śaṅkanīyam | pratimāviśeṣaṇatvenaivātra saṃvatsaraśabdasya prayogāt | na tu ### [68.1.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p8) 10. MK. om. vatsaraśabdo...saṃvatsaraṃ (L. 12.) ### [68.1.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p9) 13. M. 0saṃvatsaraṃ for 0saṃvatsara0; J. atyuparūpasaṃhārāsāmarthyā0 for ### [68.1.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p10) anurūpa0..., K. 0sāmarthyenānadhi, MT. 0samarthanādanadhi0 for 0samarthyānnādhi0 ### [68.1.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p11) 17. J. catur for na tu ### [68.1.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p12) dvādaśarātreṣu prayogā iti | ataḥ sahasradivasasādhyaṃ satramasṛjatetyarthaḥ ### [68.1.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p13) sṛṣṭvā ca prajāpatiḥ teṣāmupasannānāṃ devānāmarthe sahasrasaṃvatsaraṃ satraṃ gavāmayane ### [68.1.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p14) ekasaṃvatsarasādhye satre avārundhat nyarautsīt | tacca gavāmayanaṃ dvādaśāhe ### [68.1.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1.p15) saṃsthāyajñe avārundhadityanuṣaṅgaḥ | evamanyadapi vyākhyeyam | tasmāt ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.26.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.26.1) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.26.1) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.68.1) · Pramāṇa