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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.2

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 13.2

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [13.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.1)

tad āhur yayā vai prātar yajaty ṛk sā tad ahar yāta yāmā bhavaty atha kasmād eṣā sarveṣu savaneṣv ayāta yāmā iti / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> Regarding this they say: 'The verse with which one sacrifices in the morning becomes spent for that day; why then is this one unspent at all the pressings?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.2)

yad eva savanair vitārayann eti /

> \[It is\] because he proceeds extending it through the pressings.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.5)

prātaḥ prātaḥ sāvasya iti tṛtīya savane / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> With 'at every morning-pressing...' \[he sacrifices\] at the third pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.6)

tena ayāta yāmā /

> Thereby it is unspent.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.7)

tad āhuḥ kasmāt prātar eva payasyā na mādhyaṃdine na tṛtīya savana iti / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> Regarding this they say: 'Why is there curdled milk only in the morning, and not at the midday \[pressing\] nor at the third pressing?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.8)

yajño vai maitrāvaruṇaḥ /

> The maitrāvaruṇa indeed is the sacrifice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.9)

etad vai yajño jāyate yat prātaḥ savane / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> It is here that the sacrifice is born, when at the morning pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.10)

payo bhājano vai taruṇaḥ kumāraḥ /

> A young child indeed is an enjoyer of milk.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.11)

tad yathā jātāya stanam upadadhyād evam tat / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> Just as one would offer the breast to a newborn, so is that.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.12)

vṛddho vā uttarayoḥ savanayoḥ /

> At the two later pressings, it has grown.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.13)

yadā vai vardhate /

> When it grows,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.14)

atistano vai tadā / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> then it has surpassed the breast.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [13.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.2.15)

tasmāt prātar eva payasyā na mādhyaṃdine na tṛtīya savana iti / (soma: haviṣ paṅkti yāga)

> Therefore, the curdled milk offering is only in the morning, not at the midday, not at the third pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.13.2.1) — English, machine translation

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