[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Āraṇyakas (forest texts)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka) › [Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki) › 1.2 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 1.2 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1.2) ŚĀ 1,1 prajāpatir vai saṃvatsaraḥ | tasyaiṣa ātmā yan mahāvratam | tasmād enat parasmai na śaṃsen net sarveṣāṃ bhūtānām ātmānaṃ parasmin dadhānīti || atho indrasyaiṣa ātmā yan mahāvratam | tasmād enat parasmai na śaṃsen ned indrasyātmānaṃ parasmin dadhānīti || atho yam evaitam ṛṅmayaṃ yajurmayaṃ sāmamayaṃ puruṣaṃ saṃskurvanti tasyaiṣa ātmā yan mahāvratam | tasmād enat parasmai na śaṃsen net sarveṣāṃ chandasām ātmanaṃ parasmin dadhānīti || kāmaṃ tu sattriṇāṃ hotā śaṃset | pitre vācāryāya vātmane haivāsya tacchandastaṃ bhavati | ātmanaiva tad yajñaṃ samardhayati | tasya pañcaviśaḥ stomaḥ | caturviṃśatir vai saṃvatsarasyārdhamāsāḥ, saṃvatsarasyaivāptyai | atho prajāpatir vai saṃvatsaraḥ pañcaviṃśaḥ | atho caturviṃśo vai purastāt kṛto bhavati tasyaiṣa gatir yat pañcaviṃśaḥ | aindraśca ṛṣabhaḥ prājāpatyaścāja upālabhyau | aindraṃ vā etad ahaḥ | indra u vai prajāpatiḥ | tat prājāpatyaṃ rūpam | atho etad eva paśuṣvaindraṃ rūpaṃ yad ṛṣabhaḥ || > ŚĀ 1.1 > Prajāpati is the year. His self is this Mahāvrata rite. Therefore, one should not recite it for another, lest one place the self of all beings in another. Moreover, Indra's self is this Mahāvrata rite. Therefore, one should not recite it for another, lest one place Indra's self in another. Moreover, the person consisting of the Ṛgveda, consisting of the Yajurveda, consisting of the Sāmaveda, whom they consecrate—his self is this Mahāvrata rite. Therefore, one should not recite it for another, lest one place the self of all metres in another. But at will, the Hotṛ of those performing a sacrificial session may recite it for his father or for his teacher; for him, that recited \[rite\] belongs indeed to the self; through the self he thus makes the sacrifice prosperous. Its stoma praise is the twenty-five-fold one. Twenty-four indeed are the half-months of the year, \[and this is\] for attaining the year. Moreover, Prajāpati is the year, the twenty-fifth. Moreover, the twenty-four-fold has been performed before; this twenty-five-fold is its goal. A bull sacred to Indra and a goat sacred to Prajāpati are to be seized. For this day belongs to Indra; and Indra is Prajāpati. That is the form sacred to Prajāpati. Moreover, that a bull \[is seized\] is the form sacred to Indra among animals. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.1.2) · Pramāṇa