[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) › 17.2.20 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.2.20 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.2.20 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.20) teja eva tad brahma varcasam yajamāne dadhāti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > xvii. 2. Thereafter he transposes the metres which follow; the metres are the breaths; verily thus in the body he interweaves the breaths, to prevent separation; therefore these breaths, though breathing in different directions, do not blow out. Moreover the Ṣoḍaçin is connected with the Anuṣṭubh; verily thus he brings all the metres into relation with the Anuṣṭubh. He transposes Gāyatrī and Paṅkti verses; the Paṅkti is the metre of the sacrificer; the Gāyatrī is brilliance and splendour; verily thus he places brilliance and splendour in the sacrificer. He transposes Uṣṇih and Bṛhatī verses; the Uṣṇih is the metre of the sacrificer; the Bṛhatī is cattle; verily thus he confers cattle as connected with the Bṛhatī upon the sacrificer. He transposes a verse of two Padas containing twenty syllables and a Triṣṭubh; the verse of two Padas > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.19) - [Next: 17.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.21) - [Up: 17.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2) ## Translations (2) - [Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-keith.17.p5) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.2.20) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.20) · Pramāṇa