[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 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.1 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.1) yajño vā āpaḥ / > The waters are the sacrifice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xii. 1. The waters are the sacrifice; in that they come to the waters, verily thus they come to the sacrifice. Moreover the waters are strength and sap. Verily thus they unite the sacrifice with strength and sap. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [12.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.2) tad yad apo accha yanti / > When they go towards the waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xii. 1. The waters are the sacrifice; in that they come to the waters, verily thus they come to the sacrifice. Moreover the waters are strength and sap. Verily thus they unite the sacrifice with strength and sap. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [12.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.3) yajñam eva tad accha yanti / > they go towards the sacrifice itself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xii. 1. The waters are the sacrifice; in that they come to the waters, verily thus they come to the sacrifice. Moreover the waters are strength and sap. Verily thus they unite the sacrifice with strength and sap. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [12.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.4) atho ūrg vā āpo rasaḥ / > Moreover, the waters are nourishment and sap. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xii. 1. The waters are the sacrifice; in that they come to the waters, verily thus they come to the sacrifice. Moreover the waters are strength and sap. Verily thus they unite the sacrifice with strength and sap. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [12.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.5) aurjena eva tad rasena haviḥ saṃsṛjanti / > Thereby they unite the oblation with nourishing sap. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > xii. 1. The waters are the sacrifice; in that they come to the waters, verily thus they come to the sacrifice. Moreover the waters are strength and sap. Verily thus they unite the sacrifice with strength and sap. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) ### [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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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) ### [12.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.7) amṛtatvam eva tad ātman dhatte / > Thereby he confers immortality upon himself. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.8) tadd ha sma vai purā yajña muho rakṣāṃsi tīrtheṣv apo gopāyanti / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > Formerly, indeed, the sacrifice-confounding rakṣases guarded the waters at the ford. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.9) tad ye ke ca āpo accha jagmuḥ / > Then whoever went towards the waters, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.10) tad eva tānt sarvān jaghnuḥ / > all of them they killed right there. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.11) tat etat kavaṣaḥ sūktam apaśyat pañcadaśarcam pra devatrā brahmaṇe gātur etv iti / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > Kavaṣa saw this fifteen-verse hymn: 'Forth to the gods let a path go for the holy utterance…' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.12) tad anvabravīt / > He recited it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.13) tena yajña muho rakṣāṃsi tīrthebyo apāhan / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > By it he smote away the sacrifice-confounding rakṣases from the fords. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.14) tata u ha etad arvāk svasty ariṣṭyāḥ punaḥ pratyāyanti / > Thenceforth they return back safely, uninjured. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.15) atha ado amutra apsv adhvaryur āhutim juhoti / > Now yonder, in the waters over there, the adhvaryu offers an oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.1.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1.16) tām sampraty etām anubrūyāt / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > Just at that \[moment\], he should recite this \[verse\] for it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## 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.p3) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.1.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.1) · Pramāṇa