[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) › 12.1.6 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.1.6 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.1.6 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.6) atho amṛtatvam vā āpaḥ / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > Moreover, the waters are immortality; verily thus he confers immortality upon himself. Now aforetime the Rakṣases, confounders of the sacrifice, used to watch the waters at the fords; then whosoever came to the waters they killed them all; then Kavaṣa saw this hymn of fifteen verses, 'Forth among the gods let there be speeding for the Brahman'; he recited it; thereby he smote away the confounders of the sacrifice, the Rakṣases, from the fords; thence since then they return in safety and uninjured from the sacrifice. Yonder in the waters the Adhvaryu offers a libation; then should he accompany this (with the verse), 'Send forth our sacrifice with divine offering.' This is the offering verse for this (libation), being appropriate by containing (the word) 'offering'. (He recites) 'Winding hitherward, those of two streams,' when (the waters) are being brought; 'What time the waters are seen coming forward,' when they are discerned; 'Some come together; others come up,' as they come up; some waters come, others come up; 'Like the waters divine, they come up to the vessel of the offering', as they are poured down into the Hotṛ's bowl; 'May the cows with milk eager for the end', the cows are the waters, for the waters impel all this (universe). The Adhvaryu stands turned towards the Hotṛ; the Hotṛ asks him, 'O Adhvaryu, hast thou found the waters?' 'Hast thou found the sacrifice?' verily thus he says to him. 'They have indeed condescended' he replies; 'We have found what we have sought in these waters; for this they have condescended,' verily thus he says to him. Being answered the Hotṛ begins the Nigada; the Nigada is strength and sap; verily strength and sap he places in the oblation by means of the Nigada. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 12.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.5) - [Next: 12.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.7) - [Up: 12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.12.p4) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.1.6) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.6) · Pramāṇa