[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) › 17.6.26 # Kauṣītaki (Śāṅkhāyana) Brāhmaṇa 17.6.26 Kauṣītakibrāhmaṇa 17.6.26 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.26) madhya rātrād eva tad asurān nirghnanti / > xvii. 8. In that in the first rounds they repeat in the first Padas, verily thus from the first night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the middle rounds they repeat in the middle Padas, verily thus from the middle night they smite away the Asuras; in that in the last rounds they repeat in the last Padas, verily thus from the last night they smite away the Asuras. Just as one can by separate repetition and by repeating severally smite away evil again and again, so with these strophes and antistrophes from day and night they smite away the Asuras. > — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, Rigveda Brahmanas: The Aitareya and Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇas of the Rigveda (HOS 25) - [Previous: 17.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.25) - [Next: 17.6.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.27) - [Up: 17.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6) ## 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.p15) — Arthur Berriedale Keith 1920, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki~en-mt.17.6.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.kausitaki.17.6.26) · Pramāṇa