[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) › 12.4 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.4 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.1) atha yat saha patnībhir yanti / > Now, that they go together with the wives: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.2) gandharvā ha vā indrasya somam apsu pratyāhitā gopāyanti / > The gandharvas guard Indra's Soma placed into the waters; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.3) ta u ha strī kāmāḥ / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > and they are fond of women. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.4) te ha āsu manāṃsi kurvate / > They set their minds upon them. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.5) tad yathā pramattānām yajñam āhared evam tat / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > That is just as if one were to carry off the sacrifice of those who are negligent. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.6) upanāmuka u eva enam yajño bhavati / > And the sacrifice becomes inclined towards him. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.7) tā vai viṃśatim anvāha / > He recites twenty \[verses\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.8) tā virājam abhisampadyante / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > They amount to the virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.9) vairājīr vā āpaḥ / > The waters indeed belong to the virāj. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.10) annam virāḍ annam āpaḥ / > Food is the virāj, food is the waters. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.11) annena tad anna adyam samardhayati / > Thereby he makes food and food-eating prosper with food. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.12) triḥ prathamayā trir uttamayā caturviṃśatiḥ sampadyante / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > \[Reciting\] the first thrice and the last thrice, twenty-four are accomplished. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.13) caturviṃśaty akṣarā gāyatrī / > The gāyatrī has twenty-four syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.14) gāyatrī prātaḥ savanam vahati / > The gāyatrī carries the morning pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.15) tad u ha prātaḥ savana rūpān na apaiti / > Thus it does not depart from the form of the morning pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4.16) iti nv āponaptrīyasya / (soma: apOṇApUṭṛIYA) > So much for the Āponaptrīya \[recitation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.4.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.4) · Pramāṇa