[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) › 17.4.5 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.4.5 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.4.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.5) indro vai ṣoḍaśī / > prepared dish for the gods he tenders the oblation to the gods. He should not undertake it at night; the Ṣoḍaçin is Indra; there is nothing above Indra; much is accomplished at night, the rounds as it were, and the Āçvina (Çastra); therefore he should undertake it on the fourth day; that is the abode of the Ṣoḍaçin; that day concludes with the Ṣoḍaçin as its end. But they say 'Let him undertake it'; the Ṣoḍaçin is the day and night complete; in that they undertake the Ṣoḍaçin it is to make day and night complete. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.4) - [Next: 17.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.6) - [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.p9) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.4.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.4.5) · Pramāṇa