[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) › 14.4.2 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 14.4.2 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 14.4.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [14.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4.2) śoṃsāmo daiva ity adhvaryuḥ / > xiv. 3. ‘Let us two recite’, he calls out at the morning pressing; in that they make the Praṇava pure, it is a symbol of this world; in that they make it end in \*m\*, it is one of yonder (world). In that they make the Praṇava pure, (it is thinking) ‘Turned away is yonder world; let us not go turning away.’ Moreover, this world is generation; verily (it serves) for generation; this world is a support; verily (it serves) for support. ‘Let us recite, O divine one,’ the Adhvaryu (replies). These are eight syllables. ‘The hymn hath been uttered,’ the Hotṛ should say inaudibly at the > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 14.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4.1) - [Next: 14.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4.3) - [Up: 14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.14.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.14.4.2) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vādhūlabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.vadhula.84.2-2) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.14.4.2) · Pramāṇa