[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) › 11.3.8 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.3.8 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3.8) sarvābhir eva tad devatābhiḥ pratipadyate / > xi. 4. Now all the gods resort to the Hotṛ as he is about to recite the morning litany, expecting ‘With me will he commence, with me will he commence.’ If he were to commence indicating one deity, he would fall a victim to the other deities. He commences with (a verse) not addressed (to one deity); thereby he does not fall a victim to any deity. (With the verse), ‘O waters, the rich ones’ he commences; all the deities are the waters; verily thus with all the deities he commences. ‘Advancing > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 11.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3.7) - [Next: 11.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3.9) - [Up: 11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3) ## 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.p7) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.11.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.3.8) · Pramāṇa