[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) › 1.4.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 1.4.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 1.4.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4.6) ṣaḍ vā ṛtavaḥ / > i. 4. With discriminations he offers the fore-offerings and the after-offerings; the fore-offerings and the after-offerings are the seasons; thus does he gather him from the seasons. The discriminations are the head words of these Ṛcs, 'O Agni, come for enjoyment'; 'Agni we choose as messenger'; 'By Agni Agni is kindled'; 'May Agni smite the foes'; 'Of Agni the praise we meditate'; 'To Agni that mortal who doth service.' They are six; the seasons are six; verily from the seasons for a second time he gathers him. The last fore-offering and after-offering are unaltered. Thus he does not depart from the fore-offerings and the after-offerings. The first butter-portion is connected with the slaying of Vṛtra; verily (it serves) for the destroying of the evil one. Thus he does not depart from the model of the full-moon sacrifice. 'He should make the first (butter-portion) for Agni, the wise, (saying) "Agni do ye awaken with the praise",' some say, 'the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4.5) - [Next: 1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4.7) - [Up: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4) ## 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.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.1.4.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.4.6) · Pramāṇa