[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) › 10.6.21 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 10.6.21 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 10.6.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [10.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.6.21) tasmād āpryo nāma / (paśu: paśau prayāja anuyājāh) > called Āprīs (fillers). He surrounds the animal with fire, to smite away the Rakṣases; Agni is the smiter away of the Rakṣases; he carries the fire round thrice from left to right; that is as if Agni were to put three forts. Therefore, ‘Go round again’ he should say to the Agnīdh, if he desire of a man, ‘May he not fall away.’ > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 10.6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.6.20) - [Next: 10.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.7.1) - [Up: 10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.6) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.10.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.10.6.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.6.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.10.6.21) · Pramāṇa