[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) › 12.2.22 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.2.22 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.2.22 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2.22) āgmann āpa uśatīr barhir edam ity āgatavatyā paridadhāti / > (a verse ) containing the word 'across', 'The waters have arrived, eager, to this strew.' He recites appropriate (verses); what in the sacrifice is appropriate, that is perfect; verily (they serve) for the perfection of the sacrifice. The morning litany had been recited, the hymns had not been obtained ; at this conjunction the Asuras went against them; the gods, perceiving in fear, saw this thriceforged thunderbolt; 'The waters' is the first form of the thunderbolt; 'Sarasvatī' is the second form of the thunderbolt ; this is a hymn of fifteen verses, that is the third form of the thunderbolt. The gods with the thriceforged thunderbolt pushed away the Asuras from these worlds; verily thus also the sacrificer pushes away with this thriceforged thunderbolt the rivals who hate him from these worlds. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 12.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2.21) - [Next: 12.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2.23) - [Up: 12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2) ## 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.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.2.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.2.22) · Pramāṇa