[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) › 15.6.11 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 15.6.11 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 15.6.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [15.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6.11) ādye sāma ājye pratyalīyata / > when the Ājya Stotra (was being sung) it clung (to him); he removed it by the Praüga except from the strophe; when the Mādhyamdina Pavamāna (was being sung) it clung to him; he removed it by the Marutvatīya except from the strophe. In the Niṣkevalya he begins with the strophe; that is as one in freedom from fear having removed death, like one having been set free. They say, 'There is a Niṣkevalya here, and a Niṣkevalya there in the Mahāvrata. There are recited there (metres) increasing by four; how here are they obtained?' There are even more realized here; the strophe and antistrophe, recited together, make up the seven increasing by four, and there is a four-syllable foot left over. They are cattle; these cattle he confers upon the sacrificer. The Agniṣṭoma is the Virāj; they make up a hundred and ninety strophes; he attains clearly the symbol of the Agniṣṭoma in that he uses a Virāj as offering verse. 'Drink the Soma, O Indra, let it delight thee', having left over this quarter verse he takes breath in at the half verse of the Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; thus he finds support in the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. He says \*vaṣaṭ\* with the second half verse of the Virāj; verily thus he places the sacrificer in the world of heaven. He says the second \*vaṣaṭ\*, for the healing of the libations, for the support of the libations. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 15.6.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6.10) - [Next: 15.6.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6.12) - [Up: 15.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6) ## 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.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.15.6.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.15.6.11) · Pramāṇa