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He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.2) sa ha somaḥ pavata ity anudrutya / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.3) etasya vā anye syur iti prtyuvāca / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.4) bahvṛcavad eva / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.5) aindra iti tv eva paiṅgyasya sthitir āsa / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.6) aindrāgna iti kauṣītakeḥ / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.7) agninā vai pratipadyate yad ājyena / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.8) indram anu saṃtiṣṭhata etām paridhānīyām / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.9) tasmād aindrāgna iti / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.10) eṣa vā agniṣṭomaḥ / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.11) eṣa vā u kāmāya kāmāya āhriyate / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.12) yo ha vā etena aniṣṭvā atha anyena yajate / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.13) kartapatyam eva taj jīyate pra vā mīyata iti ha sma āha / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.14) sa vā eṣo agniṣṭoma ājya prabhṛtyā agni māruta antaḥ / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.15) yat śasyaṃs trīṇi ṣaṣṭi śatāny ṛcām sampadyante / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.16) trīṇi vai ṣaṣṭi śatāni saṃvatsarasya ahnām / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.17) tat saṃvatsarasya ahāny āpnoti / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.18) agne marudbhiḥ śubhayadbhir ṛkvabhir ity uktham śastvā yajaty āgnimārutyā / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.19) āgmimārutam hy etad uktham / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.20) jagatyā jāgatam hi tṛtīya savanam / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.21) madvatyā madvadd hi tṛtīya savanam / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.22) anuvaṣaṭ karoty āhutīnām eva śāntyai / > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ### [16.9.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9.23) āhutīnām pratiṣṭhityai / (soma: tṛtīya savana) > xvi. 9. ‘What is the deity of the Soma?’ Madhuka asked Gauçra. He, after running over (the words) ‘Soma becometh pure’, replied ‘There may be different ones.’ ‘As with the Bahvṛcas, it should be connected with Indra’ was the rule of Paiṅgya. ‘It should be connected with Indra and Agni’ is Kauṣītaki's view. ‘By Agni it begins in that (it begins) with the Ājya; with Indra it ends (in) this concluding verse; therefore it should be connected with Indra and Agni.’ ‘This is the Agniṣṭoma; this is taken for every desire. He who offers with any other sacrifice without having sacrificed with this prepares for himself a pitfall, he comes to ruin’, he used to say. This Agniṣṭoma begins with the Ājya (Çastra) and ends with the Āgnimāruta. What has to be recited makes up three hundred and sixty Ṛc verses; three hundred and sixty are the days of the year; verily (it serves) to obtain the year. After reciting the litany he uses as offering verse, ‘O Agni, with the Maruts, resplendent, loud singing’, addressed to Agni and the Maruts, for this litany is addressed to Agni and the Maruts; in Jagatī metre, for the third pressing is connected with the Jagatī; containing (the words) ‘be drunk’, for the third pressing is connected with ‘be drunk’. 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) ## 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.p20) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.16.9.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.16.9) · Pramāṇa