[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) › 17.5.3 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.5.3 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.5.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.3) tamaḥ pāpmā rātriḥ / (soma: sodaśin & atiratra) > xvii. 6. They recite strophes and antistrophes in Gāyatrī; the Gāyatrī is light; night is the evil, the darkness; thus thereby they smite away the evil, the darkness. They recite with repetitions, for so do the Sāman chanters sing; (they say) 'According as it is sung, is it recited.' Then they say 'Why after the final Pratihāra do they call and link the Çastra with the Sāman?' > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.2) - [Next: 17.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.4) - [Up: 17.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5) ## 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.p12) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.5.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.5.3) · Pramāṇa