[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) › 13.4.13 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 13.4.13 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 13.4.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [13.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4.13) puroḍāśair caritvā dvidevatyaś caranti / > xiii. 5. Having proceeded with the cakes, they proceed with (the cups) for two deities. The cakes are the body of the sacrificer, (the cups) for two deities the breaths; in that having proceeded with the cakes, they proceed with (the cups) for two deities, verily thus they place the breaths in the sacrificer, to secure fullness of life in this world and immortality in yonder world. So the sacrificer lives his full life in this world, he obtains immortality, imperishableness in the world of heaven. The first is for Indra and Vāyu; Indra is speech, Vāyu is breath; that for Mitra and Varuṇa is the eye; that for the Açvins is the ear; those for two deities are these breaths. Therefore without taking breath he utters the offering verse, for the continuity of the breaths, for these breaths are continuous as it were; he does not utter the second vaṣaṭ (thinking) 'Those for two deities are the breaths, the second vaṣaṭ call marks the completion; let me not before the time make the breaths completed', for these breaths are yoked as it were. He places that for Indra and Vāyu on the front side, for it of these breaths is designated as of the front side; closer together as it were around the other two behind he deposits, for the eye and the ear are around this as it were. Them he continues to hold (thinking) 'Let them not start forward.' He does not cover (thinking) '(The cups) for two deities are the breaths; let me not cover the breaths.' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 13.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4.12) - [Next: 13.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4.14) - [Up: 13.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.13.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.13.4.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.13.4.13) · Pramāṇa