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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.4

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.4

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [11.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.1)

āgneya uṣasya āśvine pūrvā pūrvā eva vyāhṛtir agne rūpam /

> in the \[sections\] addressed to Agni, to Uṣas, and to the Aśvins, the first exclamation is the form of Agni,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.2)

uttarā amuṣya ādityasya / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> and the following one is \[the form\] of yonder Āditya.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.3)

atha etad dve nānā chandāṃsy antareṇa kartā iva /

> Now, between these two different metres there is, as it were, a pit.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.4)

atha ete baliṣṭhe ariṣṭe anārte devate / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> These two deities are the strongest, unhurt, and uninjured;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.5)

tābhyām pratipadyate /

> he begins with them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.6)

samānena sūktena samārohet /

> He should ascend with the same hymn;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.7)

tad akartaskadyaṃl.(?).lohasya rūpam svargyam / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> that \[…\] is the form of copper, leading to heaven.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.8)

yatra vā samānasya ṛṣe syāt /

> Or where \[the verses\] belong to the same seer,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.9)

tad anavānam saṃkrāmet /

> he should transition there without taking breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.10)

amṛtam vai prāṇaḥ / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> Breath is immortality;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.11)

amṛtena tan mṛtyum tarati /

> by immortality he crosses over that death.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.12)

tad yathā vaṃśena vā matyena.(matsyena?)vā kartam saṃkrāmed evam tat / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> Just as one would cross a pit by means of a bamboo pole or a bridge, even so is that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.13)

praṇavena saṃkrāmati /

> He transitions with the praṇava.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.14)

brahma vai praṇavaḥ /

> The praṇava is the Brahman;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [11.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.4.15)

brahmaṇā eva tad brahma upasaṃtanoti / (soma: prātar anuvāka)

> with the Brahman he thus connects the Brahman.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.11.4.1) — English, machine translation

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