[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) › 1.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 1.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.1) pada paṅktayo yājyā puronuvākyāḥ / > The offering verses and invitatory verses are verse-paṅktis. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.2) pañca padā paṅktiḥ / > The Paṅkti has five feet. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.3) pāṅkto vai yajo yajñasya eva āptyai / (agnyādhāna) > The sacrifice is fivefold, \[and this is\] for the attainment of the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.4) vyatiṣaktā bhavanti / > They are interwoven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.5) vyatiṣaktā iva vā ime prāṇā ātmānam bhuñjanti iti / > For these vital breaths, as it were interwoven, support the self. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.6) sā sarvā eva sasāmidhenīka upāṃśu bhavaty āpūrvābhyām anuyājābhyām / (agnyādhāna) > The whole \[rite\], along with the kindling verses, is performed in a whisper up to the first two after-offerings. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.7) ā hy ato vibhaktayo anuprotā bhavanti / > For up to this point the case-forms are strung along. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.8) atho sarve vai kāmā vibhaktiṣu / > Moreover, all desires are in the case-forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.9) tasmād upāṃśu bhavanti / (agnyādhāna) > Therefore they are in a whisper, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.10) sarveṣām eva kāmānām āptyai / > for the attainment of all desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.11) uccais tv eva uttamena anuyājena yajati / > He offers with the final after-offering aloud. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.12) uccaiḥ sūkta vāka śamyu vāka āvāha / (agnyādhāna) > \[He recites\] aloud the Sūktavāka and the Śaṁyuvāka. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.13) tad yathā vidam ity āvir naṣṭam kruyāt / > Just as one would make known what was lost, \[saying,\] 'I have found it,' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.14) evam tad āviḥ kāmān karoty āpam iti / (agnyādhāna) > so he makes the desires manifest, \[saying,\] 'I have obtained \[them\].' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.15) trayam ha eka upāṃśu kurvanti vibhaktīr uttaram ājya bhāgam havir iti / (agnyādhāna) > Some perform three \[elements\] in a whisper: the vibhaktis, the second butter portion, and the oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.16) etāvadd hy āgantu bhavati iti / > 'For so much is adventitious,' \[they say\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.17) sā vā upāṃśu niruktā bhavati / > It is, indeed, whispered \[and\] distinctly uttered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.18) dvayam vā agre rūpam niruktam ca aniruktam ca / (agnyādhāna) > For twofold was form in the beginning: distinctly uttered and indistinctly uttered. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.19) tad eva asya tena āpnoti / > By that he obtains that very \[form\] of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.20) sarva āgneyam ha eke kurvanti / > Some make it entirely dedicated to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.21) na tathā kuryāt / > One should not do so. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.22) tasyai punar utsyūto jarat saṃvyāhaḥ punaḥ saṃskṛtaḥ kadratho anaḍvān hiraṇyam vā dakṣiṇā / (agnyādhāna) > For it, a re-stitched worn garment, a repaired cart, an ox, or gold is the sacrificial fee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.23) punaḥ karma hy etat / > For this is a repeated rite. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.24) ādityā dvitīyā / > The second \[oblation\] is to Aditi. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.25) pratiṣṭhā vā adithi / > Aditi is indeed a firm foundation; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5.26) pratiṣṭhityā eva pratiṣṭhityā eva / (agnyādhāna) > \[it is\] for a firm foundation, for a firm foundation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > i. 5. (The verses) are intertwined (on the ground that) ‘Intertwined as it were these breaths support the self.’ The whole (offering) is performed including the kindling verses in a low tone up to the first two after-offerings. After the (word) butter the discriminations are interwoven; further all desires are in the discriminations; therefore they are uttered in a low tone, for the obtaining of all desires. Aloud he sacrifices with the last after-offering, aloud he utters the Sūktavāka and the Çaṃyorvāka. Just as a man makes to appear what is lost (saying) ‘I have found’, so he makes to appear his desires (saying) ‘I have obtained.’ Some, however, perform three (parts) in a low tone, the discriminations, the second butter-portion, and the oblation (on the ground that), ‘So much is there which is adventitious.’ The (offering) is both uttered in a low tone and uttered aloud; Agni has two forms, the expressly declared and that which is not expressly declared; thereby he obtains that (characteristic) of him. Some make it with Agni all through, but that he should not do. The sacrificial fee is a bad chariot, resown, with an old wrapper, renewed, a draft ox, or gold, for this is a renewed ceremony. The second (offering) is for Aditi; Aditi is a support; verily (it serves) for support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ## 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.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.1.5.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.1.5) · Pramāṇa