[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) › 15.3.11 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 15.3.11 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 15.3.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3.11) pinvanty apo marutaḥ sudānava iti pinvanty apīyā / (soma: mādhyaṃdina savana) > xv. 3. 'The Maruts, rich in dew, swell the waters' is the water-swelling (verse); the water-swelling (verse) is the waters; in that over Vṛtra slain the waters went apart, in that they swelled, thus it is (called) the water-swelling. It is a Jagatī verse; through it all the pressings are Jagatī. 'Thou hast been born, dread, for impetuous strength' is the Marutvatīya containing the word 'born'. Indra is born, in that he slew Vṛtra; thus he who sacrifices is born. At the first (verse) of it the Adhvaryu responds once with (a response) containing the form \*mad\*; here Indra for the first time was drunken (\*amādyat\*). The Marutvatīya is a hymn, winning battles; thereby Indra won battles. In the middle of it he places a Nivid; in the middle of the body is food placed; then he recites Nivids; the Nivids are the breaths; verily thus he places the breaths in himself. Each quarter verse of these he recites taking it separately; verily thus each breath he places in himself; with the last he utters the Praṇava; thus he lets go this breath; therefore all the breaths breath along this breath. Now they say 'The Nivids are food'; therefore should he recite them quietly, for not hastening as it were he eats unpleasant food. 'Those who magnified thee, O bounteous one, at the slaying of the dragon', having recited the hymn, (this verse) he utters as the offering verse. 'Who in the affair with Çambara, who in the fight for cattle, O lord of the bays', (he says); with them he performed these heroic deeds; with them is this his Soma drinking. The verse is a Triṣṭubh addressed to Indra, for the midday pressing is connected with Indra and the Triṣṭubh. He says the second \*vaṣaṭ\*, for the healing of the libations, for the support of the libations. The first Anuṣṭubh is speech; after it follow five Gāyatrīs; the invitation to Indra is the mind; (the couplet) addressed to Brahmaṇaspati is the ear; the three of common character are expiration, inspiration, and cross-breathing; the hymn is the body; the Nivid what is within the body; the concluding verse a support; the offering verse food. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 15.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3.10) - [Next: 15.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3.12) - [Up: 15.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.15.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.15.3.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.3.11) · Pramāṇa