[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) › 12.8.15 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.8.15 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.8.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.15) tasya bhuvo yajñasya rajasaś ca netā iti vapāyai yājyā / (soma: ekādaśinī) > xii. 7. The offering verse for the omentum of the victim contains (the word) ‘become’, ‘Thou hast become the leader of the sacrifice and the region’; that for the cake contains (the word) ‘pure’, ‘Forward to the pure radiance do ye bear’; that for the oblation contains (the word) ‘oblation’ ‘The singers urged by thought’. ‘The set of eleven they should arrange in order’ is the rule. If (the sacrifice) is accompanied with Pṛṣṭhyas, in the invitation he issues invitations for the morning pressing (with the words), ‘Bring the gods to the sacrificer; bring Agni, O Agni; bring the lord of the forest; bring Indra with the Vasus’; he issues invitations for the midday pressing (with the words), ‘Bring Indra with the Rudras’; he issues invitations for the third pressing (with the words), ‘Bring Indra with the Ādityas, with the Ṛbhus, with the Vibhus, with Vāja, with Bṛhaspati, with the All-gods.’ Some include the lord of the forest in this invitation, saying ‘At the end should (the lord of the forest) be invited, for they sacrifice to him at the third pressing.’ As to this they say ‘The victim is the body, the lord of the forests the breath; if one there were to say of him, “He hath separated the body from the breath, he shall not live”, it would be so. Therefore in connexion with the victim the lord of the forest should be invited.’ The victim has been discussed. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 12.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.14) - [Next: 12.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.16) - [Up: 12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8) ## 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.8.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.15) · Pramāṇa