KRAMASAṀDHĀNA-ŚIKṢĀ
with commentary
The kramasaṁdhāna-śikṣā enumerates 115 cases found in the mādhyandina-kramapāṭha inwhich krama continues in spite of avasānas (pauses) in the mantras of the saṁhitā. The krama
combination of two sequential words in the padapāṭha in which the first word is placed before theavasāna is called kramasaṁdhāna. In all other cases krama ends at the avasāna. This is shownby the repetition of the last word before the avasāna with an interposed iti.

yathā samāmnātaṅ kramāvasānaṁ saṅkrameṣu | kramaśāstrānusāreṇa sandhānaṁ
procyate 'dhunā 1
In case of saṁkramas (in which the first word is placed before an avasāna) the end of krama
takes place at the next avasāna in the saṁhita. Following the kramaśāstras this saṁkrama is
now called saṁdhāna.
The first part quotes śukla-yajurveda-prātiśākhya 4.194. This sutra is an exception to 4.193(avasāne ca) which says that the word before the avasāna should be repeated with an interposed
iti. This is the usual end of krama.

viśśvadhāḥ parameṇa 1 hvārṣīcchatadhāram 2 sahasradhārandevaḥ 3 adh!ukṣaḥ sā 4vviśvadhāyā'indrasya 5 rādhyatāmidam 6 emi kaḥ 7 tasmmai karmmaṇe 8
vvāmprattyuṣṭam 9 arātaya'uru 10 emi dh!ūḥ 11 dhūrvvāmo devānām 12
devahūtamamahrutam 13 havirdhānaṁ vviṣṇuḥ 14 hastābhyāmagnaye 15 gṛhṇāmi
bhūtāya 16 raśmibhirddevīḥ 17 devayuvaṁyyuṣmmāḥ 18 sthāgnaye 19agnīṣomābhyāṁ daivyāya 20 vvettvaddriḥ 21 vvettvaggneḥ 22 śamīṣvahaviṣkṛt 23
ihi kukkuṭaḥ 24 vvahad dhruvam 25 vadhāyāgne 26 antarikṣandhartram 27divaṁvviśvābhyaḥ 28 vvettu dhānyam 29 vyānāya dīrgghām 30 rasena revatīḥ 31pṛccyantāñjanayattyai 32 v!adhaḥ pṛthivi 33 maugapa 34 badhyāsamararo 35
skkangāyatreṇa 36 jāgatena su!kṣmā 37 mārjmyaniśitā 38 mārjmyadittyai 39paśyāmmyaggneḥ 40 yajuṣe yajuṣe savituḥ 41 tvā tejaḥ 42 iti
dvicatvāriṁśatprathamādhyāye ||In the following kaṇḍikās or mantras of the mādhyandina-vājasaneyi-saṁhitā the two words ofeach kramasaṁdhāna are shown in red color. Other words seen in between these two words(shown in green color) are dropped in the padapāṭha because of repetition. Such dropped words
are called galita padas. Other galita padas are not shown in green color.
vasoḥ pavitramasi dyaurasi pṛthivyasi mātariśvano gharmo'si viśvadhā'asi | parameṇa dhāmnā dṛm̐hasva māhvārmā te Yajñapatirhvārṣīt 2 (1)#vasoḥ pavitramasi śatadhāram̐vasoḥ pavitramasi sahasradhāram |devastvā savitā punātu vasoḥ pavitreṇa śatadhāreṇa supvā kāmadhukṣaḥ 3 (1)#1sā viśvāyuḥ sā viśvakarmā sā viśvadhāyāḥ |indrasya tvā bhāgam̐ somenātanacmi viṣṇo havyam̐ rakṣa 4 (1)#Kramapāṭha 1.2-4 ends with rakṣa placed before an avasāna (#):havyam̐ rakṣa | rakṣeti rakṣa ||agne vratapate vratañcariṣyāmi tacchakeyantanme rādhyatām |idamahamanṛtātsatyamupaimi 5 (1)#kastvā Yunakti sa tvā Yunakti kasmai tvā Yunakti tasmai tvā Yunakti |karmaṇe vām̐veṣāya vām 6 (1)#pratyuṣṭam̐ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā'arātayo niṣṭaptam̐ rakṣo niṣṭaptā'arātayaḥ |urvantarikṣamanvemi 7 (1)#dhūrasi dhūrva dhūrvantandhūrva tam̐Yosmāndhūrvati tandhūrva yam̐vayandhūrvāmaḥ |devānāmasi vahnitamam̐ sasnitamampapritamañjuṣṭatamandevahūtamam 8 (1)#ahrutamasi havirdhānandṛm̐hasva mā hvārmā te Yajñapatirhvārṣīt |viṣṇustvā kramatāmuru vātāyāpahatam̐ rakṣo Yacchantāmpañca 9 (1)#Kramapāṭha 1.5-9 ends with Yacchantāmpañca | pañceti pañca ||devasya tvā savituḥ prasaveśvinorbāhubhyāmpūṣṇo hastābhyām |agnaye juṣṭaṅgṛhṇāmyagnīṣomābhyāñjuṣṭaṅgṛhṇāmi 10 (1)#bhūtāya tvā nārātaye svarabhivikhyeṣandṛm̐hantāndurYāḥ pṛthivyāmurvantarikṣamanvemi pṛthivyāstvā
nābhau sādayāmyadityā'upasthe'gne havyam̐ rakṣa 11 (1)#pavitre stho vaiṣṇavyau saviturvaḥ prasava'utpunāmyacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūrYasya raśmibhiḥ |devīrāpo'agreguvo'agrepuvogra'imamadya Yajñannayatāgre Yajñapatim̐ sudhātum̐Yajñapatindevayuvam 12(1)#Yuṣmā'indrovṛṇīta vṛtratūrYe Yūyamindramavṛṇīdhvam̐vṛtratūrYe prokṣitā stha |agnaye tvā juṣṭamprokṣāmyagnīṣomābhyāntvā juṣṭamprokṣāmi |daivyāya karmaṇe śundhadhvandevayajyāyai Yadvośuddhāḥ parājaghnuridam̐vastacchundhāmi 13 (1)#śarmāsyavadhūtam̐ rakṣovadhūtā'arātayodityāstvagasi prati tvāditirvettu |adrirasi vānaspatyo grāvāsi pṛthubudhnaḥ prati tvādityāstvagvettu 14 (1)#agnestanūrasi vāco visarjanandevavītaye tvā gṛhṇāmi bṛhadgrāvāsi vānaspatyaḥ sa idandevebhyo haviḥ
śamīṣva suśami śamīṣva |haviṣkṛdehi haviṣkṛdehi 15 (1)#kukkuṭosi madhujihva'iṣamūrjamāvada tvayā vayam̐ saṅghātam̐ saṅghātañjeṣma varṣavṛddhamasi prati tvāvarṣavṛddham̐vettu parāpūtam̐ rakṣaḥ parāpūtā'arātayo'pahatam̐ rakṣo vāyurvo vivinaktu devo vaḥsavitāhiraṇyapāṇiḥ prati gṛbhṇātvacchidreṇa pāṇinā 16 (1)#dhṛṣṭirasyapāgne'agnimāmādañjahi niṣkravyādam̐ sedhā devayajam̐vaha |dhruvamasi pṛthivīndṛm̐ha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavanyupadadhāmi bhrātṛvyasya vadhāya 17 (1)#agne brahma gṛbhṇīṣva dharuṇamasyantarikṣandṛm̐ha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavanyupadadhāmi
bhrātṛvyasya vadhāya |2

dhartramasi divandṛm̐ha brahmavani tvā kṣatravani sajātavanyupadadhāmi bhrātṛvyasya vadhāya |viśvābhyastvāśābhya'upa dadhāmi cita sthordhvacito bhṛgūṇāmaṅgirasā tapasā tapyadhvam 18 (1)#śarmāsyavadhūtam̐ rakṣovadhūtā'arātayodityāstvagasi prati tvāditirvettu |dhiṣaṇāsi parvatī prati tvādityāstvagvettu diva skambhanīrasi dhiṣaṇāsi pārvateyī prati tvā parvatī vettu
dhānyamasi 19 (1)%dhānyamasi dhinuhi devānprāṇāya tvodānāya tvā vyānāya tvā |dīrghāmanu prasitimāyuṣe dhāndevo vaḥsavitā hiraṇyapāṇiḥ pratigṛbhṇātvacchidreṇa pāṇinā cakṣuṣe tvāmahīnāmpayosi 20 (1)#Kaṇḍikā 1.19 has interior avasānas but not an final avasāna indicated in the transliterated text by %. To show
in the saṁhitā that 1.19 has to be combined with 1.20 the first two words of 1.20 (dhānyamasi) are added. In
the padapāṭha 1.19 and 1.20 are separate and dhānyamasi is not added to 1.19. Probably for this reason thiskramasaṁdhāna has been mentioned.
devasya tvā savituḥ prasaveśvinorbāhubhyāmpūṣṇo hastābhyām |sam̐vapāmi samāpa'oṣadhībhiḥ samoṣadhayo rasena |sam̐ revatīrjagatībhiḥ pṛcyantām̐ sammadhumatīrmadhumatībhiḥ pṛcyantām 21 (1)#janayatyai tvā sam̐Yaumīdamagneridamagnīṣomayoriṣe tvā gharmosi viśvāyururuprathā 'uruprathasvoru te
Yajñapatiḥ prathatāmagniṣṭe tvacammā him̐sīddevastvā savitā śrapayatu varṣiṣṭhedhi nāke 22 (1)#devasya tvā savituḥ prasaveśvinorbāhubhyāmpūṣṇo hastābhyām |ādadedhvarakṛtandevebhya'indrasya bāhurasi dakṣiṇaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭiḥ śatatejā vāyurasi tigmatejā dviṣato
vadhaḥ 24 (1)#pṛthivi devayajanyoṣadhyāste mūlammā him̐siṣam̐vrajaṅgaccha goṣṭhānam̐varṣatu te dyaurbadhāna deva
savitaḥ paramasyāmpṛthivyām̐ śatena pāśairYosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmastamato mā mauk 25 (1)#apārarumpṛthivyai devayajanādbadhyāsam̐vrajaṅgaccha goṣṭhānam̐varṣatu te dyaurbadhāna deva savitaḥ
paramasyāmpṛthivyām̐ śatena pāśairYosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmastamato mā mauk | araro divammāpapto drapsaste dyāmmā skanvrajaṅgaccha goṣṭhānam̐varṣatu te dyaurbadhāna deva savitaḥ
paramasyāmpṛthivyām̐ śatena pāśairYosmāndveṣṭi yañca vayandviṣmastamato mā mauk 26 (1)#gāyatreṇa tvā chandasā parigṛhṇāmi traiṣṭubhena tvā chandasā pari gṛhṇāmi jā!gatena tvā chandasāparigṛhṇāmi | sukṣmā cāsi śivā cāsi syonā cāsi suṣadā cāsyūrjasvatī cāsi payasvatī ca 27 (1)#pratyuṣṭam̐ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā'arātayo niṣṭaptam̐ rakṣo niṣṭaptā'arātayaḥ |aniśitosi sapatnakṣidvājinantvā vājedhyāyai sammārjmi |pratyuṣṭam̐ rakṣaḥ pratyuṣṭā'arātayo niṣṭaptam̐ rakṣo niṣṭaptā'arātayaḥ |aniśitāsi sapatnakṣidvājinīntvā vājedhyāyai sammārjmi 29 (1)#adityai rāsnāsi viṣṇorveṣposyūrje tvādabdhena tvā cakṣuṣāvapaśyāmi | agnerjihvāsi suhūrdevebhyo
dhāmnedhāmne me bhava Yajuṣeyajuṣe 30 (1)#savitustvā prasava'utpunāmyacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūrYasya raśmibhiḥ |saviturvaḥ prasava'utpunāmyacchidreṇa pavitreṇa sūrYasya raśmibhiḥ |tejosi śukramasyamṛtamasi dhāma nāmāsi priyandevānāmanādhṛṣṭandevayajanamasi 31 (1)#pataye gandharvaḥ 1 īḍita'indrasya 2 dakṣiṇo mitrāvaruṇau 3 abhiśasttyai savituḥ 4
dhruvā dhruvā 5 mārjmi namaḥ 63

sacantāmasmākam 7 aśnnāmyetat 8 brahmaṇe tena 9 ūhāmyagnīṣomau 10ūhāmīndrāgnyoḥ 11 indrāgnyorindrāgnī 12 indrāgnī vvasubhyaḥ 13 avatāṁ
vvyantu 14 maruddbhirindraḥ 15 tasmmai poṣāya 16 vvartteggne 17 himā'acāriṣam
18 vvediṣādo ye 19 ityekonaviṁśatirdvitīyādhyāye 2adityai vyundanamasi viṣṇo stupo'syūrṇamradasantvā stṛṇāmi svāsasthāndevebhyo bhuvapataye svāhābhuvanapataye svāhā bhūtānāmpataye svāhā 2 (2)#gandharvastvā viśvāvasuḥ paridadhātu viśvasyāriṣṭyai Yajamānasya paridhirasyagniriḍa'īḍitaḥ |indrasya bāhurasi dakṣiṇo viśvasyāriṣṭyai Yajamānasya paridhirasyagniriḍa'īḍitaḥ |mitrāvaruṇau tvottarataḥ paridhattāndhruveṇa dharmaṇā viśvasyāriṣṭyai Yajamānasyaparidhirasyagniriḍa'īḍitaḥ 3 (2)#samidasi sūrYastvā purastātpātu kasyāścidabhiśastyai | saviturbāhū stha'ūrṇamradasantvā stṛṇāmi
svāsasthandevebhya'ā tvā vasavo rudrā'ādityāḥ sadantu 5 (2)#ghṛtācyasi juhūrnāmnā sedampriyeṇa dhāmnā priyam̐ sada'āsīda
ghṛtācyasyupabhṛnnāmnā sedampriyeṇa dhāmnā priyam̐ sada'āsīda ghṛtācyasi dhruvā nāmnā sedampriyeṇa
dhāmnā priyam̐ sada'āsīda priyeṇa dhāmnā priyam̐ sada'āsīda | dhruvā'asadannṛtasya Yonau tā viṣṇo pāhi pāhi
Yajñampāhi Yajñapatimpāhi mām̐Yajñanyam 6 (2)#agne vājajidvājantvā sariṣyantam̐vājajitam̐ sammārjmi |namo devebhyaḥ svadhā pitṛbhyaḥ suyame me bhūyāstamaskannamadya 7 (2)%mayīdamindra'indriyandadhātvasmānrāyo maghavānaḥ sacantām |asmākam̐ santvāśiṣaḥ satyā naḥ santvāśiṣa'upahūtā pṛthivī mātopa māmpṛthivī mātāhvayatāmagnirāgnīdhrātsvāhā 10 (2)#upahūto dyauṣpitopa māndyauṣpitā hvayatāmagnirāgnīdhrātsvāhā |devasya tvā savituḥ prasaveśvinorbāhubhyāmpūṣṇo hastābhyām |pratigṛhṇāmyagneṣṭvāsyena prāśnāmi 11 (2)#etante deva savitarYajñamprāhurbṛhaspataye brahmaṇe |tena Yajñamava tena Yajñapatintena māmava 12 (2)#agnīṣomayorujjitimanūjjeṣam̐vājasya mā prasavena prohāmi |agnīṣomau tamapanudatām̐Yosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmo vājasyainamprasavenāpohāmi |indrāgnyorujjitimanūjjeṣam̐vājasya mā prasavena prohāmi |indrāgnī tamapanudatām̐Yosmāndveṣṭi Yañca vayandviṣmo vājasyainamprasavenāpohāmi 15 (2)#vasubhyastvā rudrebhyastvādityebhyastvā sañjānāthāndyāvāpṛthivī mitrāvaruṇau tvā vṛṣṭyāvatām | vyantu
vayoktam̐ rihāṇā marutāmpṛṣatīrgaccha vaśā pṛśnirbhūtvā divaṅgaccha tato no vṛṣṭimāvaha | cakṣuṣpā'agne'sicakṣurme pāhi 16 (2)#sambarhiraṅktām̐ haviṣā ghṛtena samādityairvasubhiḥ sammarudbhiḥ |samindro viśvadevebhiraṅktāndivyannabho gacchatu Yatsvāhā 22 (2)#kastvā vimuñcati sa tvā vimuñcati kasmai tvā vimuñcati tasmai tvā vimuñcati |poṣāya rakṣasāmbhāgosi 23 (2)#svayambhūrasi śreṣṭho raśmirvarcodā'asi varco me dehi |sūrYasyāvṛtamanvāvarte 26 (2)#4agne gṛhapate sugṛhapatistvayāgnehaṅgṛhapatinā bhūyāsam̐ sugṛhapatistvammayāgne gṛhapatinā bhūyāḥ |asthūri ṇau gārhapatyāni santu śatam̐ himāḥ sūrYasyāvṛtamanvāvarte 27 (2)#agne vratapate vratamacāriṣantadaśakantanmerādhīdamaham̐Ya'evāsmi sosmi 28 (2)#agnaye kavyavāhanāya svāhā somāya pitṛmate svāhā |apahatā'asurā rakṣām̐si vediṣadaḥ 29 (2)#Ye rūpāṇi pratimuñcamānā'asurāḥ santaḥ svadhayā caranti |parāpuro nipuro Ye bharantyagniṣṭām̐llokātpraṇudātyasmāt 30 (2)#u!ṣasā sūryyaḥ 1 gṛhapate purīṣyaḥ 2 pativedanamitaḥ 3 iti trīṇi kramasandhānāni
tṛtīyādhyāye 3
sajūrdevena savitrā sajū rātryendravatyā | juṣāṇo'agnirvetu svāhā |sajūrdevena savitrā sajūruṣasendravatyā | juṣāṇaḥ sūrYo vetu svāhā 10 (3)#ayamagnirgṛhapatirgārhapatyaḥ prajāyā vasuvittamaḥ | agne gṛhapatebhi dyumnamabhi saha'āyacchasva 39(3)#ayamagniḥ purīṣyo rayimānpuṣṭivardhanaḥ | agne purīṣyābhi dyumnamabhi saha'āyacchasva 40 (3)#In mvp 3.40 has merged into 3.39.
tryambakam̐Yajāmahe sugandhimpuṣṭivardhanam | urvārukamiva bandhanānmṛtyormukṣīya māmṛtāt |tryambakam̐Yajāmahe sugandhimpativedanam |urvārukamiva bandhanādito mukṣīya māmutaḥ 60 (3)#caturthe kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 4
purūravā manthāmi 1 rajaḥ śayā hariśayā 2 devavītaye siṁhi 3 dhruvo vvaiṣṇavam
4 dhruva' aindram 5 havvyavāhanaḥ śvātraḥ 6 abhūdyathāyatham 7 iti sapta
pañcamādhyāye 5agnerjanitramasi vṛṣaṇau stha'urvaśyasyāyurasi purūravā'asi |gāyatreṇa tvā chandasā manthāmi traiṣṭubhena tvā chandasā manthāmi jāgatena tvā chandasā manthāmi 2(5)#
Yā te'agneyaḥśayā tanūrvarṣiṣṭhā gahvareṣṭhā |ugram̐vaco'apāvadhīttveṣam̐vaco'apāvadhītsvāhā |Yā te'agne rajaḥśayā tanūrvarṣiṣṭhā gahvareṣṭhā |ugram̐vaco'apāvadhīttveṣam̐vaco'apāvadhītsvāhā |Yā te'agne hariśayā tanūrvarṣiṣṭhā gahvareṣṭhā |ugram̐vaco'apāvadhīttveṣam̐vaco'apāvadhītsvāhā 8 (5)#
Yattenādhṛṣṭannāma Yajñiyantena tvādadhe videdagnirnabho nāmāgne'aṅgira'āyunā nāmnehiYastṛtīyasyāmpṛthivyāmasi Yattenādhṛṣṭannāma Yajñiyantena tvā dadhe |anu tvā devavītaye 9 (5)#5sim̱̐̐hyasi sapatnasāhī devebhyaḥ kalpasva sim̱̐̐hyasi sapatnasāhī devebhyaḥ śundhasva sim̱̐̐hyasi sapatnasāhī
devebhyaḥ śumbhasva 10 (5)#viṣṇo rarāṭamasi viṣṇoḥ śnaptre stho viṣṇoḥ syūrasi viṣṇordhruvosi |vaiṣṇavamasi viṣṇave tvā 21 (5)#indrasya syūrasīndrasya dhruvosi | aindramasi vaiśvadevamasi 30 (5)#vibhūrasi pravāhaṇo vahnirasi havyavāhanaḥ | śvātrosi pracetāstuthosi viśvavedā'uśigasi 31 (5)%agne vratapāstve vratapā Yā tava tanūrmaYabhūdeṣā sā tvayi Yo mama tanūstvaYabhūdiyam̐ sā mayi |Yathāyathannau vratapate vratānyanu me dīkṣāndīkṣāpatiramam̱̐̐stānu tapastapaspatiḥ 40 (5)#ṣaṣṭhādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 6
mādayasvodānāya 1 bhūnnmahendrāya 2 iti dve kramasandhāne saptamādhyāye 7
antaste dyāvāpṛthivī dadhāmyantardadhāmyurvantarikṣam |sajūrdevebhiravaraiḥ paraiścāntarYāme maghavanmādayasva 5 (7)#svāṅkṛtosi viśvebhya'indriyebhyo divyebhyaḥ pārthivebhyo manastvāṣṭu svāhā tvā subhava sūrYāya
devebhyastvā marīcipebhya'udānāya tvā 6 (7)#In the padapāṭha 7.6 has merged into 7.5. The end of 7.5: mādayasva || udānāyetyut ānāya | tvā ||5||mahā2m̐//'indro nṛvadācarṣaṇiprā'uta dvibarhā'aminaḥ sahobhiḥ |asmadryagvāvṛdhe vīrYāyoruḥ pṛthuḥ sukṛtaḥ kartṛbhirbhūt |upayāmagṛhītosi mahendrāya tvaiṣa te Yonirmahendrāya tvā 39 (7)#aṣṭamādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 8indrasya satyapprasavaḥ 1 indraṁ! vvājajitaḥ 2 iti dve kramasandhānenavamādhyāye 9
devasyāham̐ savituḥ save satyasavaso bṛhaspateruttamannākam̐ ruheyam |devasyāham̐ savituḥ save satyasavasa'indrasyottamannākam̐ ruheyam |devasyāham̐ savituḥ save satyaprasavaso bṛhaspateruttamannākamaruham |devasyāham̐ savituḥ save satyaprasavasa'indrasyottamannākamaruham 10 (9)#eṣā vaḥ sā satyā sam̐vāgabhūdyayā bṛhaspatim̐vājamajījapatājījapata bṛhaspatim̐vājam̐vanaspatayo
vimucyadhvam |eṣā vaḥ sā satyā sam̐vāgabhūdyayendram̐vājamajījapatājījapatendram̐vājam̐vanaspatayo vimucyadhvam 12(9)#devasyāham̐ savituḥ save satyaprasavaso bṛhaspatervājajito vājañjeṣam |vājino vājajitodhvana skabhnuvanto Yojanā mimānāḥ kāṣṭhāṅgacchata 13 (9)#In the padapāṭha 9.13 has merged into 9.12.

6daśamādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 10
jāgatena haste 1 hiraṇyayīmānuṣṭubhena 2 iti dve kramasandhāne ekādaśādhyāye
11abhrirasi nārYasi tvayā vayamagniṁ śakema khanitum̐ sadhastha'ā | jāgatena cchandasāṅgirasvat 10 (11)#hasta'ādhāya savitā bibhradabhrim̐ hiraṇyayīm |agnerjyotirnicāYYa pṛthivyā'adhyābharadānuṣṭubhena cchandasāṅgirasvat 11 (11)#paricillokam 1 ityekaṁ kramasandhānaṁ dvādaśādhyāye 12
cidasi tayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvā sīda paricidasi tayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvā sīda 53 (12)#lokampṛṇa cchidrampṛṇātho sīda dhruvā tvam |indrāgnī tvā bṛhaspatirasminyonāvasīṣadan 54 (12)#diśāmi sāhasram 1 gavayamūrṇāyu(ta?)m 2 uṣṭramajaḥ 3 śarabhantvam 4 iti catvāri
kramasandhānāni trayodaśādhyāye 13
imammā him̐sīrekaśaphampaśuṅkanikradam̐vājinam̐vājineṣu |gauramāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda |gaurante śugṛcchatu Yandviṣmastante śugṛcchatu 48 (13)#imam̐ sāhasram̐ śatadhāramutsam̐vyacyamānam̐ sarirasya madhye |ghṛtanduhānāmaditiñjanāyāgne mā him̐sīḥ parame vyoman |gavayamāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda |gavayante śugṛcchatu Yandviṣmastante śugṛcchatu 49 (13)#imamūrṇāyum̐varuṇasya nābhintvacampaśūnāndvipadāñcatuṣpadām |tvaṣṭuḥ prajānāmprathamañjanitramagne mā him̐sīḥ parame vyoman |uṣṭramāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda |uṣṭrante śugṛcchatu Yandviṣmastante śugṛcchatu 50 (13)#imamūrṇāyum̐varuṇasya nābhintvacampaśūnāndvipadāñcatuṣpadām |tvaṣṭuḥ prajānāmprathamañjanitramagne mā him̐sīḥ parame vyoman |uṣṭramāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda |uṣṭrante śugṛcchatu Yandviṣmastante śugṛcchatu 50 (13)#ajo hyagnerajaniṣṭa śokātso'apaśyajjanitāramagre |tena devā devatāmagramāyam̐stena rohamāyannupa medhyāsaḥ |śarabhamāraṇyamanu te diśāmi tena cinvānastanvo niṣīda |śarabhante śugṛcchatu Yandviṣmastante śugṛcchatu 51 (13)#tvam̐Yaviṣṭha dāśuṣo nṝm̐ḥ pāhi śṛṇudhī giraḥ |rakṣā tokamuta tmanā 52 (13)#antarikṣaṁ vvāyuḥ 1 vvāyūrājñī 2 bṛhatī nabhaḥ 3 iti trīṇi kramasandhānāni
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caturdaśādhyāye 14viśvakarmā tvā sādayatvantarikṣasya pṛṣṭhe
vyacasvatīmprathasvatīmantarikṣam̐Yacchāntarikṣandṛm̐hāntarikṣammā him̐sīḥ |viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāyodānāya pratiṣṭhāyai caritrāya |vāyuṣṭvābhipātu mahyā svastyā cchardiṣā śantamena tayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvā sīda 12 (14)#rājñyasi prācī digvirāḍasi dakṣiṇā diksamrāḍasi pratīcī diksvarāḍasyudīcī digadhipatnyasi bṛhatī dik 13 (14)#nabhaśca nabhasyaśca vārṣikāvṛtū'agnerantaḥśleṣosi kalpetāndyāvāpṛthivī kalpantāmāpa'oṣadhayaḥ
kalpantāmagnayaḥ pṛthaṅmama jyaiṣṭhyāya savratāḥ |Ye'agnayaḥ samanasontarā dyāvāpṛthivī'ime | vārṣikāvṛtū'abhikalpamānā'indramiva devā'abhisam̐viśantu tayā
devatayāṅgirasvaddhruve sīdatam 15 (14)#In the padapāṭha 14.15 has merged into 14.13; dropped: 14.14

aggnerevaḥ 1 rathecitro menakā 2 asamarathaḥ ppramlocantī 3 ariṣṭanemirvviśvācī
4 suṣeṇa'urvvaśī 5 śaiśirau parameṣṭhī 6 divaḥ sūryyaḥ 7 divaṁ dhruve 8 ityaṣṭau
pañcadaśādhyāye 15
ayandakṣiṇā viśvakarmā tasya rathasvanaśca rathecitraśca senānīgrāmaṇyau |menakā ca sahajanyā cāpsarasau Yātudhānā hetī rakṣām̐si prahetistebhyo namo'astu te novantu te no mṛḍayantu
te Yandviṣmo Yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣāñjambhe dadhmaḥ 16 (15)#ayampaścādviśvavyacāstasya rathaprotaścāsamarathaśca senānīgrāmaṇyau |pramlocantī cānumlocantī cāpsarasau vyāghrā hetiḥ sarpāḥ prahetistebhyo namo'astu te novantu te nomṛḍayantu te Yandviṣmo Yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣāñjambhe dadhmaḥ 17 (15)#ayamuttarātsam̐Yadvasustasya tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca senānīgrāmaṇyau |viśvācī ca ghṛtācī cāpsarasāvāpo hetirvātaḥ prahetistebhyo namo'astu te novantu te no mṛḍayantu te Yandviṣmo
Yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣāñjambhe dadhmaḥ 18 (15)#ayamuparYarvāgvasustasya senajicca suṣeṇaśca senānīgrāmaṇyau |urvaśī ca pūrvacittiścāpsarasāvavasphūrjanhetirvidyutprahetistebhyo namo'astu te novantu te no mṛḍayantu te
Yandviṣmo Yaśca no dveṣṭi tameṣāñjambhe dadhmaḥ 19 (15)#tapaśca tapasyaśca śaiśirāvṛtū'agnerantaḥśleṣosi kalpetāndyāvāpṛthivī kalpantāmāpa'oṣadhayaḥ
kalpantāmagnayaḥ pṛthaṅmama jyaiṣṭhyāya savratāḥ |Ye'agnayaḥ samanasontarā dyāvāpṛthivī'ime | śaiśirāvṛtū'abhikalpamānā'indramiva devā'abhisam̐viśantu tayā
devatayāṅgirasvaddhruve sīdatam 57 (15)#parameṣṭhī tvā sādayatu divaspṛṣṭhe jyotiṣmatīm |viśvasmai prāṇāyāpānāya vyānāya viśvañjyotirYaccha |sūrYastedhipatistayā devatayāṅgirasvaddhruvā sīda 58 (15)#In the padapāṭha 15.57-58 have merged into 15.55 (mvp 15.50); dropped: 15.56

ṣoḍaśasaptadaśādhyāyau kramasandhānarahitau staḥ 16 17
svastomaḥ 1 rathantaraṁvveṭ 2 iti dve kramasandhāne'aṣṭādaśādhyāye 188āyurYajñena kalpatāmprāṇo Yajñena kalpatāñcakṣurYajñena kalpatām̱̐̐ śrotram̐Yajñena kalpatām̐vāgyajñena
kalpatāmmano Yajñena kalpatāmātmā Yajñena kalpatāmbrahmā Yajñena kalpatāñjyotirYajñena kalpatām̱̐̐svarYajñena kalpatāmpṛṣṭham̐Yajñena kalpatām̐Yajño Yajñena kalpatām |stomaśca Yajuśca'ṛkca sāma ca bṛhacca rathantarañca |svardevā'aganmāmṛtā'abhūma prajāpateḥ prajā'abhūma veṭsvāhā 29 (18)#

ekonaviṁśatitamādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 19
vvāyurjāgrat 1 svapne sūryyaḥ 2 śūdre'rye 3 āpo'yakṣi 4 iti catvāri
kramasandhānāni viṁśatitamādhyāye 20
Yadi divā Yadi naktamenām̐si cakṛmā vayam |vāyurmā tasmādenaso viśvānmuñcatvam̐hasaḥ 15 (20)#
Yadi jāgradyadi svapna'enām̐si cakṛmā vayam |sūrYo mā tasmādenaso viśvānmuñcatvam̐hasaḥ 16 (20)#
Yadgrāme Yadaraṇye Yatsabhāyām̐Yadindriye |Yacchūdre YadarYe Yadenaścakṛmā vayam̐Yadekasyādhidharmaṇi tasyāvayajanamasi 17 (20)#
No avasāna between śūdre and arye!
Yadāpo'aghnyā'iti varuṇeti śapāmahe tato varuṇa no muñca |avabhṛtha nicumpuṇa nicerurasi nicumpuṇaḥ |ava devairdevakṛtamenoyakṣyava martyairmartyakṛtampururāvṇo deva riṣaspāhi 18 (20)#In the padapāṭha 20.16-18 have merged into 2.15 (mvp 20.14)

ekaviṁśatitamādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 21
svāhākṛtaḥ svagā 1 prāṇāya yatte 2 iti dve dvāviṁśādhyāye 22
abhidhā'asi bhuvanamasi Yantāsi dhartā |sa tvamagnim̐vaiśvānaram̐ saprathasaṅgaccha svāhākṛtaḥ 3 (22)#svagā tvā devebhyaḥ prajāpataye brahmannaśvambhantsyāmi devebhyaḥ prajāpataye tena rādhyāsam |tambadhāna devebhyaḥ prajāpataye tena rādhnuhi 4 (22)#prāṇāya yatte?
prāṇāya svāhāpānāya svāhā vyānāya svāhā cakṣuṣe svāhā śrotrāya svāhā vāce svāhā manase svāhā 23 (22)#(prāṇāya in adhyāya 22 in 22.23 only but dropped in mvp)

catuṣppadaścandramāḥ 1 candramā rātrau 2 vvāyuḥ sūryyaḥ 3 iti trīṇi
kramasandhānāni trayoviṁśādhyāye 23
Yaḥ prāṇato nimiṣato mahitvaika'idrājā jagato babhūva |Ya'īśe'asya dvipadaścatuṣpadaḥ kasmai devāya haviṣā vidhema 3 (23)#9upayāmagṛhītosi prajāpataye tvā juṣṭaṅgṛhṇāmyeṣa te Yoniścandramāste mahimā |Yaste rātrau sam̐vatsare mahimā sambabhūva Yaste pṛthivyāmagnau mahimā sambabhūva Yaste nakṣatreṣu
candramasi mahimā sambabhūva tasmai te mahimne prajāpataye devebhyaḥ svāhā 4 (23)#In the padapāṭha 23.4 has merged into 23.3 (mvp 23.2)
agniḥ paśurāsīttenāyajanta sa'etam̐llokamajayadyasminnagniḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati tañjeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ |vāyuḥ paśurāsīttenāyajanta sa'etam̐llokamajayadyasminvāyuḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati tañjeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ |sūrYaḥ paśurāsīttenāyajanta sa'etam̐llokamajayadyasmintsūrYaḥ sa te loko bhaviṣyati tañjeṣyasi pibaitā'apaḥ
17 (23)#caturviṁśatipañcaviṁśatiṣaḍviṁśatisaptaviṁśatitamādhyāyeṣu
kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 24 25 26 27śucimuṣṇihā 1 devau triṣṭubhā 2 iti dve kramasandhāne'ṣṭāviṁśādhyāye 28hotā Yakṣattanūnapātamudbhidam̐Yaṅgarbhamaditirdadhe śucimindram̐vayodhasam |uṣṇihañchanda'indriyandityavāhaṅgām̐vayo dadhadvetvājyasya hotarYaja 25 (28)#devā daivyā hotārā devamindram̐vayodhasandevau devamavardhatām |triṣṭubhā cchandasendriyantviṣimindre vayo dadhadvasuvane vasudheyasya vītām̐Yaja 40 (28)#In the padapāṭha 28.37-46 have merged into 28.36

ekonatriṁśatttriṁśadekatriṁśad
dvātriṁśattrayāstriṁśaccatustriṁśatpañcatriṁśadadhyāyesu kramasandhānābhāvaḥ
29 30 31 32 33 34 35
ūtibhiḥ kayā 1 īkṣa'īkṣāmahe 2 iti dve kramasandhāne ṣaḍtriṁśadadhyāye 36
abhī ṣu ṇaḥ sakhīnāmavitā jaritṝṇām |śatambhavāsyūtibhiḥ 6 (36)#kayā tvanna'ūtyābhipramandase vṛṣan |kayā stotṛbhya'ābhara 7 (36)# (mvp 36.3)
In the padapāṭha 36.6 has merged into 36.2; dropped: 36.3-5dṛte dṛm̐ha mā mitrasya mā cakṣuṣā sarvāṇi bhūtāni samīkṣantām |mitrasyāhañcakṣuṣā sarvāṇi bhūtāni samīkṣe |mitrasya cakṣuṣā samīkṣāmahe 18 (36)# (mvp 36.10)

pāhi madhu 1 svāhā rātriḥ 2 iti dve saptatriṁśadadhyāye 37svāhā marudbhiḥ pariśrīyasva divaḥ sam̱̐̐spṛśaspāhi |madhu madhu madhu 13 (37)# (mvp 37.6)
ahaḥ ketunā juṣatām̐ sujyotirjyotiṣā svāhā |rātriḥ ketunā juṣatām̐ sujyotirjyotiṣā svāhā 21 (37)# (mvp 37.13)

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sarasvatyasau 1 ityekamaṣṭātriṁśādhyāye 38
iḍa'ehyadita'ehi sarasvattyehi |asāvehyasāvehyasāvehi 2 (38)# (mvp 38.1)

ekonacatvāriṁśādhyāye kramasandhānābhāvaḥ 39
avidyāṁ vviddhyāyām! 1 oṁ 3 krato | smara klibe | klibe! kṛtam | iti catvāri
catvāriṁśādhyāye 40
andhantamaḥ praviśanti Yevidyāmupāsate |tato bhūya'iva te tamo Ya'u vidyāyām̐ ratāḥ 12 (40)#vāyuranilamamṛtamathedambhasmāntam̱̐̐ śarīram |o3m | krato smara | klibe smara | kṛtam̐ smara 15 (40)# (mvp 40.13)

iti pañcadaśādhikaikaśataṁ kramasandhānāni 115
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ebhyo'nyatra saṁhitānusāreṇa nirṇayaḥ
In all other cases krama ends at the avasāna seen in the saṁhitā.

iti kramasandhānaśikṣā samāptā

References and Abbreviations
The transliterated text of the Kramasaṁdhāna-śikṣā is based on:
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/kramasandhana_shiksha.html
http://peterffreund.com/shiksha/kramasandhana_shiksha.pdf
Śikṣāsaṁgraha, edited by Ācārya Śrī Rāma Prasāda Tripāṭhī, Varanasi, 1989, pp. 147-150
https://www.scribd.com/doc/204413206/Shiksha-Sangraha-Acharya-Ram-Prasad-Tripathi
The transliterated text of the Mādhyandina-Vājasaneyi-Saṁhitā (mvs) is based on:
https://vedicreserve.miu.edu/yajur_veda/shukla_yajur_veda.pdf
Padapāṭha of the Mādhyandina-Vājasaneyi-Saṁhitā (mvp):
Mādhyandina-Saṁhitāḥ Padapāṭhaḥ, edited by Yudhiṣṭhira Mīmāṁsaka, 4th edition, 2012Śukla-Yajurveda-Prātiśākhya (=Vājasaneyi-Prātiśākhya)
http://peterffreund.com/Vedic_Literature/shukl_yajur_veda_pratishakhya.htm
https://vedicreserve.miu.edu/pratishakhyas/shukla_yajur_veda_pratishakhya.pdf
Indische Studien, Vierter Band, 1858, Albrecht Weber, Seiten 65-160 & 177-331
Śikṣās and Vedalakṣaṇa texts:
http://vedicreserve.mum.edu/shiksha/shiksha_vedicreserve.html
https://sites.google.com/view/vedalakshana12Abbreviations:
mvs mādhyandina-vājasaneyi-saṁhitā
mvp padapāṭha of the mādhyandina-vājasaneyi-saṁhitā
Last update by Detlef Eichler : 14 January 201513