[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) › 78.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 78.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 78.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2) pralayamupagacchamānaṃ vyādhigataṃ mariṣyatīti vā tāṃ rātriṃ vasante | tadamāvāsyāyā amāvāsyātvam | tasmādamāvāsyāyāṃ nādhyetavyaṃ bhavati ### [78.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p1) ya evaṃ devāḥ pūrvapakṣe śuklapakṣe dīkṣante somapānāya dīkṣāṃ kurvanti ### [78.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p2) te dīkṣitā devā aparapakṣe kṛṣṇapakṣe somaṃ bhakṣayanti | katham ? tatra ### [78.2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p3) somapānaviṣaye imāni vakṣyamāṇāni trīṇi pātrāṇi upadhīyante | teṣāmeva ### [78.2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p4) pradarśanam | pṛthivī paridṛśyamānaḥ pṛthivīloka ekaṃ pātram | antarikṣam ### [78.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p5) antarikṣaloka ekaṃ pātram | dyauḥ dyuloka ekaṃ pātram iti | tatra ### [78.2.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p6) ādityā ādityākhyā devā divyena dyulokātmakena pātreṇa prathamaṃ tredhā ### [78.2.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p7) vibhāgenādyavibhāgātmakaṃ pañcakalaṃ, pañca kalā yasya taṃ somaṃ, pañcamīm ### [78.2.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p8) atyantasaṃyoge dvitīyā | pratipadmārabhya pañcamīparyantaṃ bhakṣayanti | pratidinam ### [78.2.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p9) ekaikāṃ kalāṃ pibantītyarthaḥ | tataste dīkṣitā rudrāḥ rudrākhyā devā ### [78.2.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p10) antarikṣeṇa antarikṣalokātmakena pātreṇa dvitīyaṃ pañcakalaṃ somaṃ daśamīṃ ### [78.2.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p11) ṣaṣṭhīmārabhya daśamīparyantaṃ bhakṣayanti | tataste dīkṣitā vasavo ### [78.2.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p12) vasvākhyā devāḥ pṛthivyā pātreṇa tṛtīyaṃ tṛtīyabhāgātmakaṃ pañcakalaṃ ### [78.2.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p13) somaṃ pañcadaśīṃ pañcadaśīparyantaṃ pūrvavad bhakṣayanti | tataścandramasaḥ ṣoḍaśī ### [78.2.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p14) ekā kalā avaśiṣyate | yataḥ candramāḥ ṣoḍaśakalaḥ | anantaraṃ saḥ ### [78.2.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p15) avaśiṣṭaikakalaḥ soma oṣadhyādīn praviśati | tathā ca sati indrajyeṣṭhā ### [78.2.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p16) indrapramukhāḥ somapāśca asomapāśca sarve devāḥ taṃ somam abhilakṣya tādṛśasomavatīṃ rātriṃ vasante | atra dṛṣṭāntaḥ | yathā pitaram ityādi | vṛddhaṃ jarayā ### [78.2.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p17) pralayaṃ nāśam upagacchamānam upagacchantaṃ vyādhigataṃ rogiṇaṃ pitaraṃ ### [78.2.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p18) 7. RI. om. pradarśanam ; MTK. lokaṃ pradarśanaṃ for paridṛśyamānaḥ ### [78.2.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p19) 8. RTIK om. antarikṣalokaḥ, JRMTIK. antarikṣalokaṃ for ### [78.2.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p20) antarikṣalokaḥ ### [78.2.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2.p21) 9. RMIK om. ādityā ## Commentaries (1) - [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇabhāṣya (Sāyaṇa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa!sayana.28.2) — Sāyaṇa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.78.2) · Pramāṇa