[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) › 16.8.15 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 16.8.15 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 16.8.15 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [16.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8.15) paśavo vā akṣara paṅktayaḥ / > xvi. 8. He recites the Akṣarapaṅktis ; the Akṣarapaṅktis are cattle; verily (they serve) to obtain cattle; moreover, the Akṣarapaṅktis are expiration and inspiration; thereby then he places expiration and inspiration in himself; moreover (they serve) to secure the presence of Indra in the Çastra. He recites (verses) to the fathers and to Yama ; verily thus he accompanies the Nārāçaṅsa cups; moreover the fathers have their portion at the end; therefore he recites these (verses) in the end Çastra. He recites (the verses ) 'Sweet indeed is he'; verily with them he makes sweet the Soma for Indra; moreover, Indra is the world of the gods, Yama the world of the fathers; verily thus he arises from the world of the fathers to the world of the gods. To them the Adhvaryu responds with (a formula containing the word) '\*mad\*', for the third pressing is connected with 'be drunk'. He recites (a verse) to Viṣṇu and Varuṇa ; the sacrifice is > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 16.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8.14) - [Next: 16.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8.16) - [Up: 16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8) ## 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.p18) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.8.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.8.15) · Pramāṇa