[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Ritual sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa) › [Manuals of the domestic ritual](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya) › [Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka) › [Kathakagrihyasutrabhashya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala) › 37.17 # Kathakagrihyasutra 37.17 Kāṭhakagṛhyasūtrabhāṣya 37.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.17) chandasa iti vyatyayenaikavacanam| chandasāṃ devānāmusurāṇāṃ ca tadanuṣṭupchando madhyaṃ madhyavarti devā ṛtvija āhurvadanti| yatra cchandasi pareti parāgacchati devāsuracchandasāṃ madhyamanusarati anuṣṭubityanarthakaṃ nāma devā ādadhuḥ vihitavantaḥ| atrāntarā madhye'nuṣṭup vyavasthitā| tāni ṣoḍaśini grahe viniyuktāni| tatra ca ṣoḍaśini grahe aruṇapiśaṅgo'śvo'sya dakṣiṇā matā| sā cetaracchandomadhye vyavasthitasya rājaprakhyasyāsyaiva cchandaso'nuṣṭublakṣaṇasya bhavatīti sambhāvyate| ata evambhūtaṃ tadanuṣṭupchando yo veda vetti, sa iha pāṇigrahaṇasthāne āgantumarhati ṛtvigjanyaprabhṛtiḥ, nātadvit| devāsuracchandasāṃ tu madhyavartitvamanuṣṭubha ittham - tatraikaikākṣaravṛddhyā daivānyekākṣarādīni saptākṣarāntāni sapta cchandāṃsi bhavanti| daivī ekākṣarā gāyatrī| dvyakṣarā uṣṇik| tryakṣarānuṣṭup| evamādikrameṇa daivī jagatī saptākṣarā, āsurī tu pañcadaśākṣarā| ekaikākṣarahānyā ca prātilomyenānyāṇyāsurāṇi cchandāṃsi bhavanti| tatra navākṣarā gāyatrī bhavati| evaṃ caikākṣarādārabhya saptamākṣaraparyantānyānulomyena daivāni cchandāṃsi sthitāni| pañcadaśākṣarādārabhya prātilomyena navamamakṣaraṃ yāvadāsurāni| aṣṭamaṃ tvakṣaraṃ vargadvayasya madhye bhavati| teneyamaṣṭākṣarā anuṣṭup madhye bhavatītyalamivaitatyena| - [Previous: 37.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.16) - [Next: 37.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.18) - [Up: 37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.kathaka!devapala.37.17) · Pramāṇa