[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) › 7.1 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 7.1 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 7.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.7.1) subrahmaṇyāśabdo devatāyā nāmadheyamuta mantrasyeti jijñāsāyāmubhayornāmadheyamityākhyāyikayā pratipādayituṃ prathamaṃ devatānāmadheyatvaṃ darśayitumupakramateatha yatra subrahmaṇyaḥ subrahmaṇyāmāhvayatyetasmin ha kāle'surarakṣāṃsi devānāṃ yajñamajighāṃsan ### [7.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.7.1.p1) atha-śabdaḥ ākhyāyikopakramalakṣaṇārthaḥ | yatra deveṣu yajamāneṣu ### [7.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.7.1.p2) yasmin kāle subrahmaṇyaḥ etannāmā ṛtvik subrahmaṇyāmāhvayati tasminnāhvānakāle devānāṃ saṃbandhinaṃ yajñamasurāśca rakṣāṃsi ca asurarakṣāṃsi devayonayaḥ ## Commentaries (3) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.2.1) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇaṭīkā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sadvimsabrahmanatika.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Vedārthaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayanacarya.2.1) — Sāyaṇācārya, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Ṣaḍvaṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvamsabrahmana.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.7.1) · Pramāṇa