[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) › 2.9 # Śāṅkhāyana (Kauṣītaki) Āraṇyaka 2.9 Śāṅkhāyanāraṇyaka 2.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.9) ŚĀ 2,9 yā indra bhuja ābhara ityetayā bārhatīm aśītiṃ pratipadyate stotāram in maghavann asya vardhayeti mahadvatyā vṛdhavatyā | mahadvad vṛdhavat | mahadvat - mahadvad dhyetad ahaḥ | ayaṃ te astu haryata ā mandrair indra haribhiḥ sūkte | tad yad ete antataḥ śaṃsati saṃsiddhābhir bṛhatībhir auṣṇihīm aśītiṃ samārohāṇīti || > ŚĀ 2.9 > With \[the verse\], 'Bring us the advantages, O Indra,' he commences the Bārhata eighty \[of verses\], \[with the words\], 'and increase the singer here, O Bounteous One,' which contains \[a word meaning\] 'great' and \[a word meaning\] 'increase.' It contains 'great' and contains 'increase.' For great—great indeed is this day. 'May this be dear to thee' \[and\] 'Come, O Indra, with \[thy\] delightful bay steeds' are the two hymns. Now, as to why he recites these at the end: \[he thinks,\] 'Let me ascend to the Auṣṇiha eighty with fully completed Bṛhatī \[verses\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.8) - [Next: 2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.10) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki~en-mt.2.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Śāṅkhāyanaśrautasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.srauta.sankhayana.18.8.2) — Śāṅkhāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.aranyaka.kausitaki.2.9) · Pramāṇa