[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) › 11.9 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 11.9 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 11.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [11.9.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.1) atho trīṇi vā etāni sāhasrāṇy adhiyajñam / > Moreover, these three \[recitations\] in the sacrifice consist of a thousand \[verses\]: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.2) prātar anuvāka āśvinam mahā vratam iti / > the morning recitation, the Āśvina śastra, and the Mahāvrata. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.3) etad uktham mahā rātra upākuryāt purā vāco visargāt / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > He should begin this recitation deep in the night, before the emission of voice, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.4) yatra etat paśavo manuṣyā vayāṃsi iti vācam vyālabhante purā tataḥ / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > before that time when animals, humans, and birds take up their voices, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.6) āpīnām vācam avyāsiktām prathamata ṛdhnavāni iti / > \[thinking,\] 'Let me first attain swelling, undivided speech.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.7) na prātar anuvākam ca upāṃśv antaryāmau ca antareṇa vācam visṛjate / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > He does not utter \[ordinary\] speech between the morning recitation and the Upāṃśu and Antaryāma \[offerings\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.8) prāṇa apānau vā upāṃśv antaryāmau / > The Upāṃśu and Antaryāma are out-breath and in-breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.9) vāk prātar anuvākaḥ / > The morning recitation is speech. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.10) na it prāṇa apānau ca vācam ca anyena antar dadhāti iti / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > \[He does so\] lest he separate out-breath, in-breath, and speech with anything else. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.11) tadd ha eke kaś chandasām yogam āveda dhīra iti japitvā atha āpo revatīḥ kṣayathā hi vasva iti pratipadyante / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > Now some, having murmured: 'Who is the wise one that knows the conjunction of metres?', begin with: 'O waters, rich in wealth, you possess goods.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.12) na āpo revatyai purastāt kiṃcana parihared iti / > Nothing should be omitted before 'O waters, rich in wealth.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [11.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9.13) tad iha sthitam anāvraskāya tad iha sthitam anāvraskāya / (soma: prātar anuvāka) > This is established here for non-fracture; this is established here for non-fracture. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.11.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.11.9) · Pramāṇa