[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 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 12.8 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 12.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [12.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.1) tam etam aindrāgnaḥ syād iti ha eka āhuḥ / > Some indeed say: "It should be dedicated to Indra and Agni," > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.2) indrāgnī vai sarve devāḥ / (soma: ekādaśinī) > "for Indra and Agni are all the gods," > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.3) tad enena sarvān devān prīṇāti iti vadantaḥ / > saying, "thereby one pleases all the gods through it." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.4) tad u vā āhur ati tad indram bhājayanti / (soma: ekādaśinī) > Regarding that, however, they say: "In doing so, they give Indra an excessive share; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.8) agner vai prātaḥ savanam / > the morning pressing belongs to Agni; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.9) prātaḥ savana eṣa ālabhyate / > it is seized at the morning pressing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.10) agner vā etam santam anyasmai haranti ye anya devatyam kurvanti / (soma: ekādaśinī) > Those who make it dedicated to another deity take away what belongs to Agni and give it to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.11) tad yathā anyasya santam anyasmai hared evam tat / > It is just as if one were to take what belongs to one person and give it to another. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.12) api kevalam saṃvatsaram saṃvatsara sadām āgneya eva na cyaveta iti / (soma: ekādaśinī) > Even for a full year, for those who sit for a year-long session, it should remain dedicated to Agni only and should not deviate." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.13) tadvihā eka āhuḥ / > Some \[teachers\] speak differently on this matter: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.14) śikṣāyām eva avadhṛta āgneyaḥ / > In the instruction itself, it is settled as dedicated to Agni. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [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) > "You became the leader of the sacrifice and the atmosphere" is the offering verse for the omentum. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > 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) ### [12.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.16) pra vaḥ śukrāya bhānave bharadhvam iti śukravatī puroḍāśasya / > "Bring forward to the bright light" containing \[the word\] "bright" is \[the offering verse\] for the sacrificial cake. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.17) pra kāravo mananā vacyamānā iti haviṣmatī haviṣaḥ / (soma: ekādaśinī) > "The singers speaking their thoughtful hymns" containing \[the word\] "oblation" is \[the offering verse\] for the oblation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.18) ekādaśinīs tv eva anvāyātayeyur iti sā sthitiḥ / > The established rule, however, is that they should bring the sets of eleven \[victims\] in regular succession, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [12.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8.19) yadi pṛṣṭha upāyam bhavati / (soma: ekādaśinī) > if it is performed by the Pṛṣṭha approach. > — 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.12.8.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Mādhyandina](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.satapatha*madhyandina.6.6.2.7) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.12.8) · Pramāṇa