[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) › 17.3.31 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.3.31 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.3.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3.31) vihṛtayā triṣṭubhā yajed iti ha eka āhuḥ / > xvii. 4. Some say ‘He should use an interpolated Triṣṭubh as offering verse’. ‘For indeed the courser.—Thou hast drunk of the ancient draughts, O lord of the bays.—For the courser is a courser.—Now let this pressing be thine only.—The courser is a bearer.—Drink the Soma rich in honey, O Indra.—For the courser is active.—Do thou ever, O strong one, pour into thy belly.’ But the rule is not to interpolate. The offering verses are duly prepared dishes for the gods; verily thus with a duly > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3.30) - [Next: 17.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3.32) - [Up: 17.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3) ## 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.p8) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.3.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.3.31) · Pramāṇa