[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) › 17.4.16 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.4.16 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.4.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.16) atha yad atirātram upayānti / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > xvii. 5. In that they undertake the Atirātra, (it is because) the year is as great as day and night; in that they undertake the Atirātra, (it serves) to obtain the year. Moreover, all this (universe) is twofold, unguent and brilliance; both of these are obtained by day and night. In that they undertake the Atirātra, (it is) for the obtaining of unguent and brilliance. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.15) - [Next: 17.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.17) - [Up: 17.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4) ## 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.p11) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.4.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.16) · Pramāṇa