[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) › 96.2 # Ṣaḍviṃśa Brāhmaṇa ("26th" book) 96.2 Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 96.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.2) atyarthaṃ himaṃ nipatati, ityevamādīni tānyetāni sarvāṇi somadevatyānyadbhutāni prāyaścittāni bhavanti ### [96.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.2.p1) atha punarasya gocare yadā tārāvarṣāṇi nakṣatravṛṣṭayaḥ patanti jāyanta ityarthaḥ | ulkāśca nipatanti diśo dhūmāyanti | nirnimittaṃ dhūmayuktā iva ### [96.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.2.p2) dṛśyanta ityarthaḥ | tathā tā eva dahyanti dahyante; jvālārūpā dṛśyante ityarthaḥ 5. JM. vakṣyamāṇanimittavān ; R. divyaṃ M. dīpam for divaṃ --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.2) · Pramāṇa