[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) › 17.2.26 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.2.26 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.2.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.26) yajamānac chandasam eva dvipadā / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > is the metre of the sacrificer; the Triṣṭubh is might and strength; verily thus he confers might and strength upon the sacrificer. He transposes verses of two Padas containing sixteen syllables and Jagatī verses; verses of two Padas are the metre of the sacrificer; the Jagatī is cattle; verily thus he confers cattle as connected with the Jagatī on the sacrificer. He recites Gāyatrī verses; Gāyatrī verses are breath; verily thus he places breath in himself. He recites a verse of seven Padas; the metres are seven; verily (it serves) to obtain all the metres; moreover, with it the Gāyatrī verses make up four Anuṣṭubh verses; therefore he recites it, for completion. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.25) - [Next: 17.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.27) - [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.p6) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.2.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.2.26) · Pramāṇa