[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) › 11.2.31 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.2.31 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.2.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2.31) evam eva amuṣmiṃl loke paśavo manuṣyān aśnanti / > xi. 3. in the middle are cattle connected with the Bṛhatī and the Uṣṇih; verily thus with might and strength he encircles the cattle on both sides and confers them upon the sacrificer. So from the sacrificer cattle are not likely to depart. Just as in this world men eat cattle, just as they enjoy them, so in yonder world cattle eat men, so they enjoy them. He wins them here with the morning litany; won here they eat him not in yonder world, they enjoy him not in requital. Just as he eats them in this world, just as he enjoys them, so in yonder world he eats them, so he enjoys them. He recites a Paṅkti verse; the Paṅkti is a support; verily thus in all creatures he makes the sacrificer find support. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 11.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2.30) - [Next: 11.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2.32) - [Up: 11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.11.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.11.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.2.31) · Pramāṇa