The Shulbasutras of Baudhayana, Apastamba, Katyayana and Manava: With Text, English Translation and Commentary c6.s2.272

c6.s2.272

**21.1** *kaṅkacidalajaciditi śyenacitā*¹²¹ *vyākhyātau |* **21.2** *evamiva hi śyenasya varṣīyāṃsau pakṣau pucchādvakrau saṃnataṃ pucchaṃ dīrgha ātmā' maṇḍalaḥ śiraśca | tasmācchrutisāmarthyāt | aśirasko vā' nāmnānāt |* **21.3** *vijñāyate*¹²² *ca | kaṅkacitaṃ śīrṣaṇvantaṃ cinvīta yaḥ kāmayeta saśīrṣo' muṣmiṃlloke saṃbha*¹²³*veyamiti vidyamāne kathaṃ brūyāt |* **21.4** *prākṛtau vakrau pakṣau saṃnataṃ pucchaṃ vikāraśravaṇādyathāprakṛtyātmā' vikārāt*¹²⁴ | **21.5** *yatho*¹²⁵ *etacchyenacitaṃ cinvīteti yāvadāmnātaṃ*¹²⁶ *sārūpyaṃ tadvyākhyātam |* **21.6** *tristāvo' gnirbhavatītyaśvamedhe vijñāyate |* **21.7** *tatra sarvābhyāso' viśeṣāt |* **21.8** *dīrghacaturaśrāṇāṃ samāsena pakṣapucchānāṃ samāsa uktaḥ |* **21.9** *ekaviṃśo' gnirbhavatītyaśvamedhe vijñāyate |* **21.10** *tatra puruṣābhyāso nāratniprādeśānāṃ saṃkhyāsaṃyogāt saṃkhyāsaṃyogāt |*