[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) › 11.7.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.7.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.7.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7.9) tad āhur yad imā havir yajñasya vā paśor vā sāmidhenyo atha kāḥ saumyasya adhvarasya iti / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > xi. 7. They say 'Seeing that there are these kindling verses of the Haviryajña or the animal sacrifice, then what are those of the Soma sacrifice?' 'The morning litany', he should reply, for by the syllables of the others he seeks to obtain the year, by the Ṛcs here. A hundred only should he recite; man has a hundred (years of) life; verily thus he confers life upon him. He should recite a hundred and twenty; the days of a season are one hundred and twenty; thus he obtains the season; by the season the year, and the desires that are in the year. He should recite three hundred and sixty; the days of the year are three hundred and sixty; verily (they serve) to obtain the year. He should recite seven hundred and twenty; seven hundred and twenty are there of the days and nights of the year; thus he obtains the days and nights of the year. A thousand should he recite; a thousand is all, the morning litany is all; thus all he obtains with all, who knows thus. But Kauṣītaki used to say 'The morning litany is Prajāpati; Prajāpati is incommensurable; who ought to measure it?' This is the rule. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 11.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7.8) - [Next: 11.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7.10) - [Up: 11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.11.7.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.7.9) · Pramāṇa