[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) › [Vādhūla Brāhmaṇa (Anvākhyāna)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula) › 6.4 # Vādhūla Brāhmaṇa (Anvākhyāna) 6.4 Vādhūlabrāhmaṇa 6.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6.4) ya\]⁷ditthaṃvidsmāllokādāhitāgniḥ praiti, yadenaṃ diṣṭamitamagnāvabhyādadhati, tamamuṣmai lokāyāgnirjanayati, tamevaṃ jātaṃ bibharti; yāvadamuṣmim̐lloke'gnerāyustāvaddhaina⁸(mamuṣmim̐lloke'gnirbibharti, viṣṭutiṃ cāsya kurute; tasmānnu hainamihādhāya)⁸ mṛtyuvantameva kurvīta; sa u ha vā eṣa putra eva pitā bhavati, \[tad\]⁹ uktam°— ‘śataminnu śarado anti \[devā yatrā na\]¹⁰ścakrā jarasaṃ tanūnām| putrāso yatra pitaro bhavanti mā no madhyā ¹¹rīriṣatāyurgantoḥ’ iti; sa yathā ha vā idamasmim̐lloke'gnīn prati puruṣo bhavatyevam̐ ha vā enamamuṣmim̐lloke'gnayaḥ prati bhavanti ; tasmāttu haiṣo\['gnīnādhāsyamānaḥ\]¹³ syāt - [Previous: 6.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6.3) - [Next: 6.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6.5) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6) ## Linked texts (1) - [Anvākhyānabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.anvakhyanabrahmana.6.4) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.6.4) · Pramāṇa