[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vedic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda) › [Brāhmaṇas (ritual exegesis)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana) › [Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki) › 1.2.30 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 1.2.30 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 1.2.30 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2.30) dvādaśa vai māsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ / > Paçubandha offerings have seventeen Sāmidhenī verses; therefore he obtains the Iṣṭi and Paçubandha offerings. The offerings of the butter portions have (the word) 'be'; (with the desire) 'Let me be', he establishes the fires; 'May I be' he desires. He, even if being very contemptible as it were he establishes the fires, quickly prospers; he attains enjoyableness, who makes them possessed of (the word) 'be'. The invitatory and offering verses are Virāj verses; prosperity and proper food are the Virāj, (and so they serve) for the winning of the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. These are Gāyatrī verses; Agni is connected with the Gāyatrī and has the Gāyatrī for his metre; verily thus with his own metre he establishes the fires. They are uttered inaudibly; the establishing of the fires is an outpouring of seed; inaudibly is seed outpoured. They are appropriate what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; (so they serve) for the perfection of the sacrifice. Twelve (cows) should he give; the year has twelve months; verily (they serve) to make up the year. He gives a horse as thirteenth, to make up the thirteenth month. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2.29) - [Next: 1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2.31) - [Up: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.1.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.1.2.30) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.2.30) · Pramāṇa