[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) › 76.18 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 76.18 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 76.18 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [76.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18) yasmādevaṃ tasmād | brāhmaṇaḥ | brāhmaṇaśabdaḥ kṣatriyavaiśyayorapyupalakṣaṇam | tayorapi tatrādhikārāt tanmukhyatvācca | ahorātrasya saṃyoge ahorātrayoḥ saṃdhau | saṃdhyām , saṃdhau bhavā saṃdhyā, tām, upāste ### [76.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p1) 1. IR. om. tasya; RI. samīpaṃ prāptasya for svasamīpaṃ prāptasya ### [76.18.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p2) J. after tasya adds saṃprāptasya ### [76.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p3) 2. J. ādityasya rakṣaṇāya for asurajayāya ### [76.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p4) 4. RKTM. padatraya0 for pādatraya0 ### [76.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p5) 8. K. sajyotiṣā0 for sajyotiṣi ### [76.18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p6) 16. J om. brāhmaṇaḥ ### [76.18.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p7) 17. TRK om. tan0; T. 0mukhatvāt for 0mukhyatvāt ### [76.18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p8) 18. J om. saṃdhyām saṃdhau; J. bhavyā for bhavā ### [76.18.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p9) sajyotiṣi vinaśyadavasthāpannena pūrvajyotiṣā sahite kāle ā jyotiṣo darśanāt ### [76.18.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p10) āgāmino jyotiṣo darśanaparyantam antarāle yaḥ kālaḥ sa eva asyāḥ saṃdhyāyāḥ ### [76.18.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p11) asya saṃdhyopāsanasya kālaḥ | sā eva saṃdhyā | tad eva saṃdhyāyāḥ ### [76.18.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p12) saṃdhyātvam | kiṃ ca | sāyamāsīnaḥ upaviṣṭaḥ saṃdhyāṃ yad upāste tayā ### [76.18.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p13) saṃdhyayā vīrasthānaṃ balavatsthānaṃ jayati prāpnoti | atha punaḥ saṃdhyākāle apaḥ ### [76.18.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p14) udakāni yat prayuṅkte ūrdhvaṃ vikṣipati tatra tā apāṃ vipruṣo bindavaḥ ### [76.18.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p15) vajrībhavanti | vajrībhūtvā tā vipruṣaḥ asurān ādityaṃ prati yoddhumāgatān ### [76.18.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p16) apāghnanti | tato devā vijayino'bhavan | asurāstu parābhavanti | parābhūtā ### [76.18.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p17) abhavan | kiṃ ca, ya evam uktaprakāreṇa veda asya vedituḥ bhrātṛvyaḥ śatruḥ ### [76.18.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p18) ātmanā svenaiva parā bhavati | yathā sāyaṃ prātaśca saṃdhyāṃ yadupāste tayā ### [76.18.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p19) dvividhayā saṃdhyayā tasya vīrasthānaṃ bhavati | tatra sthānaṃ saṃtataṃ sarvadā ### [76.18.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p20) avicchinnaṃ bhavati | yo'pi evaṃ veda tasyāpi yathoktaṃ phalaṃ bhavatītyarthaḥ ### [76.18.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p21) tathā ca taittirīyakā āmananti—tasmāduttiṣṭhantaṃ ha vā tāni rakṣāṃsi ### [76.18.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p22) ādityaṃ yodhayanti | yāvadastamanvagāt tāni ha vā etāni rakṣāṃsi ### [76.18.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p23) gāyatriyā'bhimantritenāmbhasā śāmyanti | tadu ha vā ete brahmavādinaḥ ### [76.18.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18.p24) pūrvābhimukhāḥ saṃdhyāyāṃ gāyatriyā'bhimantritā apa ūrdhvaṃ vikṣipanti | tā ## 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 --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.76.18) · Pramāṇa