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# Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.3

Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 16.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [16.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.1)

savitā vaiśvadevam pratipadyate /

> With Savitṛ he begins the Vaiśvadeva \[recitation\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

> xvi. 3. He begins the Vaiçvadeva with Savitṛ; on the instigation of Savitṛ the gods brought together the third pressing; therefore the strophe and antistrophe and hymn are all Savitṛ's. He begins the Vaiçvadeva with an Anuṣṭubh, 'That of Savitṛ we choose.' The Vaiçvadeva is the hymn of the Pavamāna; the metre of Soma is the Anuṣṭubh. The explanation of the division of the quarter verses has been given. He recites Gāyatrī verses; Gāyatrī verses are breath; verily thus he places breath in himself. He recites a hymn to Savitṛ, for a cup has been drawn for Savitṛ; verily therewith he accompanies it. He recites (a verse) for Vāyu; (the verse) for Vāyu is breath; verily thus he places breath in himself. In the recitation of this he releases (the cups) for two deities in Vāyu, the breaths in the breath. He recites (the hymn) to sky and earth; sky and earth are supports; verily (it serves) for support. In this the Adhvaryu responds with (a formula containing the word) \*mad\*, for the third pressing is connected with 'be drunk' (\*mad\*). He recites (the verse) 'Maker of fair forms'; that which has a fair form is food; verily thus he places food in himself. Moreover this is the Soma drinking of the forms; verily thus he places form in himself. He recites (a hymn) to the Ṛbhus, for then Prajāpati made preparation for them; therefore (the hymn) to the Ṛbhus is recited here. Then he recites (verses) to Vena, to the Ādityas, and to Bṛhaspati; with these he accompanies the Çukra and Manthin cups and the Āgrayaṇa cup; moreover this is the Vaiçvadeva Çastra, (so it serves) to secure that none of the deities are excluded. He recites the Vaiçvadeva, for the Vaiçvadeva cup has been drawn; verily therewith he accompanies it. The concluding verse he recites twice by quarter verses, the third time by half verses; it makes up a Virāj; the Virāj is prosperity and proper food; (verily it serves) to obtain the Virāj as prosperity and proper food. Four hymns he recites in the Vaiçvadeva; the Vaiçvadeva is cattle; cattle are fourfold, and also four-footed; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle. Therefore he should recite it abidingly; with him cattle abide.  
> — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)

### [16.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.2)

savitṛ prasūtā vai devās tṛtīya savanam samabharan / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> Impelled by Savitṛ, the gods brought together the third pressing.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.3)

tasmāt pratipad anucarau sūktam iti sāvitrāṇi bhavanti /

> Therefore, the opening verse, the two following verses, and the hymn are addressed to Savitṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.4)

tat savitur vṛṇīmaha ity anuṣṭubhā vaiśvadevam pratipadyate / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> With an Anuṣṭubh, 'We choose that of Savitṛ...', he begins the Vaiśvadeva \[recitation\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.5)

pavamāna uktham vā etad yad vaiśvadevam /

> For that which is the Vaiśvadeva \[recitation\] is the Pavamāna hymn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.6)

anuṣṭup somasya chandaḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> The Anuṣṭubh is the metre of Soma.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.7)

uktam pada vigrahaṇasya brāhmaṇam /

> The ritual explanation of the division of the quarters of the verse has been stated.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.8)

gāyatrīḥ śaṃsati /

> He recites Gāyatrī verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.9)

prāṇo vai gāyatryaḥ / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> Gāyatrī verses are breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.10)

prāṇam eva tad ātman dhatte /

> Thereby he places breath in himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.11)

sāvitram śaṃsati /

> He recites a hymn to Savitṛ.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.12)

sāvitro hi graho gṛhīto bhavati /

> For the draught for Savitṛ has been drawn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.13)

tam eva etena anuśaṃsati / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> It is that which he recites after by means of this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.14)

vāyavyām śaṃsati /

> He recites a verse to Vāyu.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.15)

prāṇo vai vāyavyā /

> The verse to Vāyu is breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.16)

prāṇam eva tad ātman dhatte /

> Thereby he places breath in himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.17)

tasyai śastre dvidevatyān vimuñcanti /

> During its recitation, they unyoke the two-deity cups.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.18)

vāyau prāṇe prāṇān / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> \[They unyoke\] the breaths in Vāyu, who is breath.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.19)

dyāvā pṛthivīyam śaṃsati /

> He recites a hymn to Heaven and Earth.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.20)

pratiṣṭhe vai dyāvā pṛthivī pratiṣṭhityā eva /

> Heaven and earth are indeed the two foundations, for the sake of a firm foundation.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.21)

tasminn adhvaryur madvat pratyāgṛṇāti / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> At it the adhvaryu responds with \[the word\] 'madhu'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.22)

madvadd hi tṛtīya savanam /

> For the third pressing is connected with 'madhu'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.23)

surūpa kṛtnum śaṃsati / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> He recites \[the hymn beginning\] 'surūpakṛtnum'.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.24)

annam vai surūpam /

> Food indeed has a handsome form.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.25)

annam eva tad ātman dhatte /

> Thus he places food in himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.26)

atho rūpāṇām eva eṣa soma pīthaḥ /

> Moreover, this soma-drink belongs indeed to the forms.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.27)

rūpam eva tad ātman dhatte / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> Thus he places form in himself.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.28)

ārbhavam śaṃsati /

> He recites \[the hymn\] to the Ṛbhus.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.29)

atra hy ebhyaḥ prajāpatir avākalpayat /

> For here Prajāpati arranged for them.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.30)

tasmād atra ārbhavam śasyate / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> Therefore \[the hymn\] to the Ṛbhus is recited here.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.31)

atha venām ādityām bārhaspatyām iti śaṃsati /

> Then he recites \[the verses\] to Vena, the Ādityas, and Bṛhaspati.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.32)

śukrā manthināv āgrayaṇam ity eva etābhir anuśaṃsati / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> With these he recites after the Śukra, Manthin, and Āgrayaṇa \[draughts\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.33)

atho vaiśvadevam vai śastram /

> Moreover, the recitation belongs to the Viśve Devas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.34)

devatānām aparihāṇāya vaiśvadevam śaṃsati /

> In order not to leave out the deities, he recites \[the hymn\] to the Viśve Devas.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.35)

vaiśvadevo hi graho gṛhīto bhavati /

> For the draught for the Viśve Devas has been drawn.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.36)

tam eva etena anuśaṃsati / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> It is after that \[draught\] that he recites with this.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.37)

tasya dviḥ pacchaḥ paridhānīyām śaṃsati /

> Of it, he recites the concluding verse twice by quarters,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.38)

ardharcaśas tṛtīyam / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> and the third \[time\] by half-verses.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.39)

sā virājam abhisampadyate /

> It amounts to a Virāj.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.40)

śrīr virāḍ anna adyam /

> The Virāj is fortune, proper food;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [16.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.3.41)

śriyo virājo anna adyasya upāptyai / (soma: tṛtīya savana)

> \[it is\] for the attainment of fortune, the Virāj, and proper food.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (2)

- [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.16.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.3.1) — English, machine translation

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