[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) › 12.6.10 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.6.10 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.6.10 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6.10) na id ṛcam sāmno anuvartmānam karavāṇi iti / > xii. 5. ‘Should the Pavamāna be followed up or not?’ (they ask). ‘It should not be followed up,’ they say. The abode of the Ṛc is where the Hotṛ stands; that of the Sāman where they yonder sing the Sāman. He who follows up removes the Ṛc from its own abode, and makes the Ṛc a follower of the Sāman. Therefore he should not follow up, (thinking) ‘Let me not remove the Ṛc from its own abode’ and ‘Let me not make the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 12.6.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6.9) - [Next: 12.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6.11) - [Up: 12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.6.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.6.10) · Pramāṇa