[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) › [Vimshabrahmana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana) › 55 # Vimshabrahmana 55: atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ Viṃśabrāhmaṇa 55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### atha ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ ### [55.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.p1) atha prathamaḥ khaṇḍaḥ ### [55.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.1) prajāpatirakāmayata bahu syāṃ prajāyeyeti sa etamagniṣṭomamapaśyattamāharattenemāḥ prajā asṛjata ### [55.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.2) ekādaśena ca vai satā stotreṇāgniṣṭomasyāsṛjataikādaśena ca māsā saṃvvam̐tsarasya tā dvādaśena ca stotreṇāgniṣṭomasya paryyagṛhāt dvādaśena ca māsā saṃvvam̐tsarasya ### [55.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.3) tasmātprajā daśamāso garbhaṃ bhṛtvaikādaśamanu prajāyante tasmāddvādaśannābhyatiharanti dvādaśena hi parigṛhītāstadya eva mebam̐d pari jātāḥ prajā gṛhṇāti pra jātā janayanti ### [55.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.4) tāsāṃ parigṛhītānāmaśvataryatyakrāmattasyā anuhāya reta ādattā tadvaḍavāyānmyamāṅyasmādvaḍavā dviretāstasmādaśvataryyaprajā āttaretā hi ### [55.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.5) tasmādvadakṣiṇīyā'ti hi sā yajñamaricyatātiriktasya dakṣiṇā syātsalomatvāya ṣoḍaśinaḥ stotredeyā'ti rikto vai ṣoḍaśyatirikta evātiriktāṃ dadāti ### [55.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.6) so'kāmayata yajñaṃ sṛjeyeti sa mukhata eva trivṛtamasṛjata taṃ gāyatrīcchando'nvasṛjyatānrirdevatā brāhmaṇo manuṣyo 'vasanta ṛtustasmāttrivṛtstomānāṃ mukhaṃ gāyatrī cchandasāmagnirdevatānāṃ brāhmaṇo manuṣyāṇāṃ 'vasanta ṛtūnāṃ tasmādbrāhmaṇo mukhena 'vīryyaṅkaroti mukhato hi sṛṣṭaḥ ### [55.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.7) karoti mukhena 0vīryaṃ ya eva 0veda ### [55.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.8) sa urasta eva bāhubhyāṃ pañcadaśamasṛjata tantriṣṭupchando'nvasṛjyatendro devatā rājanyo manuṣyo grīṣma ṛtustasmādrājanyasya pañcadaśa stomastriṣṭupchanda indrodevatā grīṣma ṛtustasmādu bāhuvīryo bāhubhyāṃ hi sṛṣṭaḥ ### [55.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.9) karoti bāhubhyāṃ 0vīryaṃ ya eva 0veda ### [55.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.10) sa madhyata eva prajananātsaptadaśamasṛjata tañjagatīcchando'nvasṛjyata viśve devā devatā 0vaiśyo manuṣyo 0varṣā ṛtustasmāddhaiśyo'dyamāno na kṣīyate prajananāddhi sṛṣṭastasmādu bahupaśurvvaiśvadevo hi jāgato 0varṣā hyasyarttustasmādbrāhmaṇasya ca rājanyasya cādyo'dharo hi sṛṣṭaḥ ### [55.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.11) sa patta eva pratiṣṭhāyā ekavim̐śamasṛjata tamanuṣṭupchando'nvasṛjyata na kā cana devatā śūdro manuṣyastasmācchūdra uta bahupaśurayajñiyo 'videvo hi, na hi taṃ kā cana devatā'nvasṛjyata tasmātpādāvanejyannāti varddhate patto hi sṛṣṭastasmādekavim̐śastomānāṃ pratiṣṭhā pratiṣṭhāyā hi sṛṣṭastasmādanuṣṭubhaṃ chandām̐si nānu vyūhanti ### [55.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.12) pāpavasīyaso vidhṛtyai ### [55.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55.13) vidhṛtiḥ pāpavasīyaso bhavati ya eva m̐veda ## Linked texts (3) - [Sāmavedabrāhmaṇānyaṣṭau](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.samavedabrahmananyastau.37.2) — Sanskrit - [Pañcaviṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.pancavimsa-anon.55.2) — Sanskrit - [Tāṇḍya or Pañcaviṃśa-brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.tandyaorpancavimsabrahmana.55.2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vimsabrahmana.55) · Pramāṇa